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| Workington: Pirt and Co | ||
| Street:- | Church Street | |
| locality:- | Workington | |
| civil parish:- | Workington (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | engineering works | |
| locality type:- | iron foundry (once) | |
| coordinates:- | NX99642900 | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9929 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX92 | |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Joseph Pirt and Co Engineering Works |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "JOSEPH PIRT &CO ENGINEERING WORKS / / CHURCH STREET / WORKINGTON / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72259 / NX9965429011" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Iron foundry now engineering works. Late C18 or early C19. Hammer-dressed calciferous sandstone with flush quoins, under graduated greenslate roof with coped gables and kneelers; large square calciferous sandstone chimney stack, the upper part of stepped brickwork. 3 storeys, 2 bays towards river, with 2-storey, 2-bay extension towards road and central projecting chimney. Original pointed-arched windows are mostly blocked with bricks or boarded over. Rear corrugated extension is not of interest and covers original pointed-arched doorway and windows. Single-storey lock-up garages at front are not of interest." |
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| hearsay:- |
Joseph Pirt and Co. |
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