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Latitude: 54.8923 / 54°53'32"N
Longitude: -2.9282 / 2°55'41"W
OS Eastings: 340564
OS Northings: 555683
OS Grid: NY405556
Mapcode National: GBR 7CZW.V0
Mapcode Global: WH802.Z9S9
Plus Code: 9C6VV3RC+WP
Entry Name: Wall and Railings Around Central Gardens
Listing Date: 14 December 1987
Last Amended: 11 April 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1291976
English Heritage Legacy ID: 386838
ID on this website: 101291976
Location: Carlisle, Cumberland, Cumbria, CA1
County: Cumbria
District: Carlisle
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Carlisle
Traditional County: Cumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Carlisle St Aidan
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
Tagged with: Wall
CARLISLE
NY4055 PORTLAND SQUARE
671-1/11/242 Wall and railings around central
14/12/87 gardens
(Formerly Listed as:
PORTLAND SQUARE
Railings surrounding square garden)
GV II
Wall and railings. 1870, cast by Lees & Graham of Carlisle
(impressed founders name). Red sandstone; cast-iron railings.
Encloses a garden square surrounded by houses. Low wall with
chamfer, surmounted by patterned cast-iron speared railings,
broken in centre of each side by gate openings (without
gates); integral cast-iron gate piers of octagonal shaft with
ball-and-spear finials. Gate opening on west side enlarged.
This was laid out as a square without buildings on Asquiths
Survey of Carlisle, 1853: when buildings were added this was
made into a private residents garden; see Carlisle Journal
(1870) which records the planting let to Little & Ballantyne
and the inauguration by the Mayor by planting a tree in each
corner.
(Carlisle Journal: 11 March 1870).
Listing NGR: NY4056455683
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