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Latitude: 54.8908 / 54°53'27"N
Longitude: -2.922 / 2°55'19"W
OS Eastings: 340954
OS Northings: 555512
OS Grid: NY409555
Mapcode National: GBR 8C1W.5K
Mapcode Global: WH803.2BTG
Plus Code: 9C6VV3RH+85
Entry Name: Blencathra Building
Listing Date: 11 April 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1210121
English Heritage Legacy ID: 386758
ID on this website: 101210121
Location: Carlisle, Cumberland, Cumbria, CA1
County: Cumbria
District: Carlisle
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Carlisle
Traditional County: Cumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Carlisle St John the Evangelist
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
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NY4055
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CARLISLE
FUSEHILL STREET
Blencathra Building
(Formerly listed as City Maternity Hospital (part of City General Hospital))
GV
II
Former maternity ward, originally hospital wing of Workhouse.1863-4 Lockwood & Mawson. Flemish bond brickwork on chamfered plinth (all dressings of calciferous sandstone, partly painted), with quoined angle pilasters, string courses and dentilled cornice. Hipped greenslate roof without chimneys. 2 storeys, 7 bays, the last end bays on each side project and are pedimented; built in a style to match the main workhouse building. Central C20 door in original round-arched pilastered surround. Original sash windows with glazing bars, those on ground floor in rounded stone arches with stone sills; upper floor segmental brick arches. The projections have tripartite ground-floor windows, those above of 2 lights with central colonnette, all in stone arches.
INTERIOR not inspected.
Listing includes the lower 3-bay flanking wings. Shown as hospital wing for Fusehill Workhouse on 1865 OS map.
Listing NGR: NY4095455512
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