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Blencathra Building, Carlisle


The Blencathra Building in Carlisle is on the Fusehill Street Campus of the University of Cumbria. The building was originally the hospital wing of the Union Workhouse (now Skiddaw Building), both built 1863-1864, designed by Lockwood & Mawson (architects). The main workhouse building later became Carlisle City General Hospital, whilst this hospital wing became Carlisle City Maternity Hospital. The Maternity Hospital and adjacent Carlisle City General Hospital closed in 1999, when hospital care was consolidated at the new Cumberland Infirmary. The Fusehill site then became the Carlisle campus of St. Martin’s College. The college then became part of the University of Cumbria when it was established in 2007. The Blencathra Building is Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England.

Fusehill Street 1864 Historic Buildings and Monuments in Carlisle
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BLENCATHRA BUILDING - Carlisle - List Entry
- Former maternity ward, originally hospital wing of Workhouse.1863-4 Lockwood & Mawson. Flemish bond brickwork on chamfered plinth (all dressings of calciferous sandstone, partly painted), with quoined angle pilasters, string courses …
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The Workhouse - Carlisle, Cumberland
- .....In 1863, the union erected a new purpose-built workhouse on Fusehill Street in Carlisle. After the new building was opened, St Cuthbert's workhouse at Harraby Hill was kept in use …
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List number: 1210121
List grade: 2
Post code: CA1 2HH
Unitary Auth: Cumberland
County: Cumbria
Grid ref: NY4095455512

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