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Near Boot, Whiteclosegate
Near Boot
locality:-   Whiteclosegate
civil parish:-   Stanwix Rural (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   inn
coordinates:-   NY41175799
1Km square:-   NY4157
10Km square:-   NY45


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BOH72.jpg (taken 26.10.2007)  
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BOH71.jpg (taken 26.10.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 16 16) 
placename:-  Boot, The
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Near Boot Inn
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"NEAR BOOT INN / / / STANWIX RURAL / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 77688 / NY4117058006"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Inn, formerly house and stables. Late C18 with C20 ground floor windows. Whitewashed brick walls, stone dressing, graduated slate roof and brick chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 5 bays: 2 right bays were originally stables. 2 entrances, original has stone quoins and plain entablature and moulded cornice, other 1929 copy. Ground floor windows, triple and double sashes with glazing bars inserted 1929: 3 upper floor windows left, stone sills sash windows with glazing bars: 2 right upper floor windows same but added 1929: external C20 shutters to upper floor windows. 1929 plank doors. 1929 alterations by Harry Redfern for Carlisle and District State Management Scheme, who owned the Inn between 1916-1973. Called Near Boot because there were 2 Boot Inns within short distance of each other: the other was called Far Boot."

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