Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Carnegie Arts Centre | |
| other name:- | Carnegie Theatre | |
| locality:- | Workington | |
| parish |
Workington borough, once in
Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| arts centre; theatre | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY00202885 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY02
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| 1Km square | NY0028 | |
 Carnegie Arts Centre -- Workington -- Workington -- Cumbria / -- 13.5.2011 | ||
 Carnegie Arts Centre -- Workington -- Workington -- Cumbria / -- 'AC' -- Andrew Carnegie -- 13.5.2011 | ||
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| CARNEGIE ARTS CENTRE AND THEATRE / / FINKLE STEET / WORKINGTON / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72267 / NY0019028850 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Library now art centre and theatre. Dated 1904 over original entrance. Rock-faced calciferous sandstone with red sandstone quoins, eaves cornice with modillions, all on large red sandstone plinth. Hipped graduated greenslate roof with red sandstone ashlar chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 7 bays, with flanking single-storey, 4-bay wings. 2-storey theatre adjoins to left forming overall L-shape. Double panelled doors in eared architrave under console-bracketed hood. Window left of entrance is in a blocked dated doorway. Sash windows with glazing bars in red sandstone architraves, those on ground-floor with arched heads and false keystones. Window over entrance is under large segmental pediment with Latin inscription. Wings have sash windows in red sandstone surrounds. Theatre has C20 ground-floor doorways and windows in original architraves. Principal entrance has alternate-block surround under Venetian window and gable niche. Left return wall has blocked windows, 2 with round arches. Roof has prominent lead and stucco cupola. Rear brick extensions are not of interest. | ||
| placename:- | Carnegie Arts Centre and Theatre | |
| district:- | Allerdale | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY00192885 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| photographs | ||
| Carnegie Arts Centre -- Workington -- Workington -- Cumbria / -- 13.5.2011 | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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