Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Working Men's Club and Institute | |
| parish |
Barrow-in-Furness borough,
once in Lancashire
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| building/s; working men's club | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD19656947 | |
| 10Km square:- |
SD16
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| References |
Listed Buildings 2010
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| 1Km square | SD1969 | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| WORKING MEN'S CLUB AND INSTITUTE / / ABBEY ROAD / BARROW IN FURNESS / BARROW IN FURNESS / CUMBRIA / II / 388394 / SD1965869472 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| INTERIOR: stair hall has original patterned, tile floor; cantilevered stone staircase with cast-iron balustrade and newel post, wreathed oak handrail; pyramidal ceiling lantern. Hall to 1st floor left has scissor-braced roof trusses. Built at a cost of "3,450 on site given by the Furness Railway Co; principal benefactor HW Schneider. The Borough Arms carved by 'Miles of Preston' (Almanack). The freestanding granite columns flanking main entrance bear dates 1870 and 1930 but do not appear to relate to the original building. | ||
| (Barrow in Furness Almanack and Tide Tables: Barrow in Furness: 1886-: 67-68). | ||
| placename:- | Working Men's Club and Institute | |
| district:- | Barrow in Furness | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD19656947 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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