Description

ny 5361 BRAMPTON HIGH CROSS STREET
BRAMPTON (East side)

16/30 B. Warwick Sporting
Shop and Milburn &
Son

II

Shops, formerly houses. Mid C18. Flemish bond brickwork with grey headers,
raised quoins to left, chamfered quoins to central angle and flush quoins to
right; Welsh slate roof with tiled hips to right. 3 storeys, 3 bays to left,
with projecting 3 storeys, 2 bays to right. Ground floor has C20 shop windows
and doors. Sash windows with glazing bars, single-pane sashes to first floor
right, have moulded stone sills and round arches with keystones. This building,
known as The Barracks, was used as quarters for Scottish troops supporting
Bonnie Prince Charlie during the siege of Carlisle, 12-18 November, 1745:
Prince Charlie had his quarters in the house next door. See J.A. Wheatley,
Bonnie Prince Charlie in Cumberland, 1903, p.22. Building clearly marked on a
map of 1777, see Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland, Antiquarian &
Archaeological Society, Lxxiii, p.304.

Listing NGR: NY5305461120

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26620132

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