2018

NY4055 : County Hotel, Court Square, Carlisle

taken 7 years ago, near to Carlisle, Cumbria, England

County Hotel, Court Square, Carlisle
County Hotel, Court Square, Carlisle
Not to be confused with the former County Hotel next to the railway station (now the Hallmark Hotel). Built in 1894-6 as the Red Lion Hotel, renamed in 1990. Listed Grade II.

In the foreground is Court Square which marks the ends of the A6 from London (Botchergate, to the right) and the A7 (The Crescent, to the left) from Edinburgh. This is the only location outside London and Edinburgh where two single-digit A Roads meet end-on.
The A6

The A6 is Britain's fourth longest road and one of the main historic north-south roads in England. It currently runs for 299 miles from Luton in Bedfordshire to Carlisle in Cumbria, although it formerly started at a junction with the A1 at Barnet.

Running north west from Luton, the road travels through Bedford, bypasses Rushden, Kettering and Market Harborough, continues through Leicester, Loughborough, Derby and Matlock before going through the Peak District to Bakewell, Buxton, Stockport, Manchester, Salford, Pendleton, Irlams o' th' Height, Pendlebury, Swinton, Walkden, Little Hulton, Bolton, Chorley, Preston, Lancaster, Kendal and Penrith before reaching Carlisle.

See LinkExternal link (Wikipedia) and LinkExternal link (SABRE) for more information.

A7 Road

The A7 road is 92 miles long and runs from Edinburgh to Carlisle, across Southern Scotland.
Wikipedia: LinkExternal link

Listed Buildings and Structures

Listed buildings and structures are officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance. There are over half a million listed structures in the United Kingdom, covered by around 375,000 listings.
Listed status is more commonly associated with buildings or groups of buildings, however it can cover many other structures, including bridges, headstones, steps, ponds, monuments, walls, phone boxes, wrecks, parks, and heritage sites, and in more recent times a road crossing (Abbey Road) and graffiti art (Banksy 'Spy-booth') have been included.

In England and Wales there are three main listing designations;
Grade I (2.5%) - exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important.
Grade II* (5.5%) - particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Grade II (92%) - nationally important and of special interest.

There are also locally listed structures (at the discretion of local authorities) using A, B and C designations.

In Scotland three classifications are also used but the criteria are different. There are around 47,500 Listed buildings.
Category A (8%)- generally equivalent to Grade I and II* in England and Wales
Category B (51%)- this appears generally to cover the ground of Grade II, recognising national importance.
Category C (41%)- buildings of local importance, probably with some overlap with English Grade II.

In Northern Ireland the criteria are similar to Scotland, but the classifications are:
Grade A (2.3%)
Grade B+ (4.7%)
Grade B (93%)

Read more at Wikipedia LinkExternal link


Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright Alan Murray-Rust and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Business, Retail, Services Roads, Road transport City, Town centre Period: Late 19th Century Date: 1896 Style: Neo-Classical Road: A6 A7 other tags: Hotel Grade II Listed Road Junction Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Carlisle [934] · Station [433] · Carlisle Railway Station [268] ·
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
+
+
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
TIP: Click the map for more Large scale mapping
Grid Square
NY4055, 1381 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Alan Murray-Rust   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 8 July, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 12 July, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 4028 5562 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:53.5040N 2:55.9556W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 4024 5562
View Direction
EAST (about 90 degrees)
Clickable map
+
NW N NE
W Go E
SW S SE
Image Type (about): geograph 
This page has been viewed about 108 times
You are not logged in | login | register