Description

CARLISLE

NY3956SE CARLISLE CASTLE
671-1/6/2 Bridge over outer moat
01/06/49

GV I

Drawbridge, converted to overbridge. Part medieval with late
C18 additions and C20 part-rebuilding of parapet. Large blocks
of squared red sandstone. At the base of the bridge are the
drawbridge abutments; heightened between 1778-1791 and brick
arch added. West solid parapet has coping inscribed by various
C19 soldiers who served in the garrison; the right parapet has
been rebuilt using new coping. The roadway is of Whin sets and
a central sandstone pedestrian walk, all reset in the late
1980s. For full details see McCarthy et al (1990). A
watercolour of Carlisle Castle by Robert Carlyle shows the
arched bridge in 1791 (not on Hearne's engraving of 1778).
(Carlisle Castle: A survey and documentary history: McCarthy
MR: London: 1990-).

Listing NGR: NY3971356181

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17530559

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version