Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| place:- | Penrith: Devonshire Street, 17 and 18 | |
| locality:- | Penrith | |
| parish |
Penrith town, once in
Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| building/s | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY51543020 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY53
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| References |
Listed Buildings 2010
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| 1Km square | NY5130 | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| / 17 AND 18 / DEVONSHIRE STREET / PENRITH / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 72824 / NY5154130203 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| C18 and later. Painted ashlar with rusticated quoins and top cornice. Three storeys. A plaque states that the grandparents of William and Dorothy Wordsworth lived here. The facade, at least, has been rebuilt. Present draper's shop established here 1742. Now has elaborate Victorian shop fronts on west and south, with narrow colonnets, glazed scrolled friezes, some round arched moulded windows with triple keystones, and panels of raised lettering, "drapers, silk mercers, hosiers, glovers etc." Two upper storeys have sash windows (5 on west, 3 on south, and 2 on east facade, on each floor). Interior has iron columns, and iron balusters to staircase, shop fittings of mahogany with dentilled cornices. | ||
| district:- | Eden | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY51543020 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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