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Railway Cottage, Carlisle
Railway Cottage
Street:-   Shaddongate
locality:-   Caldewgate
civil parish:-   Carlisle (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY39395555
1Km square:-   NY3955
10Km square:-   NY35
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Railway Cottage
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"RAILWAY COTTAGE / 78 / SHADDONGATE / CARLISLE / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / DL / 386868 / NY3939055550"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Gate keeper's cottage for adjoining coal staithes on the Canal Branch Railway. 1835-7 for the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. Squared blocks of red sandstone on chamfered plinth with flush ashlar quoins. Welsh slate roof; rebuilt ridge brick chimney stacks. Single storey, 2 bays with rear extensions; double-depth plan. Central C20 door and flanking C20 casement windows, all in original chamfered stone surrounds, the windows having their stone mullions removed."
"INTERIOR not inspected. Shown on the 1842 Map of Carlisle. The only railway cottage of this age to survive in the city."

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