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| Market Cross, Shap | ||
| Market Cross | ||
| locality:- | Shap | |
| civil parish:- | Shap (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | market cross | |
| coordinates:- | NY56281515 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5615 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY51 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 14 14) placename:- Cross, The |
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| 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. "The Cross (Dame School)" |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Pearson 1900s placename:- Market House, The |
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| source data:- | Print, halftone photograph, The Market House, Shap, Westmorland, published by C Arthur
Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s. click to enlargePS1E76.jpg On p.223 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts. printed at bottom:- "THE MARKET HOUSE, SHAP. (p.222)." item:- Armitt Library : A1188.83 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Market Hall |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MARKET HALL / / MAIN STREET / SHAP / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 74173 / NY5628915150" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Market Hall, now library; c.1687, when market charter obtained by Philip, Lord Wharton. Later additions and alterations. Coursed rubble with quoins. Hipped, graduated slate roofs with stone ridges. 2 low storeys, 4 bays overall. 3-bay arcade to both south and east-sides: Semicircular arches carried on squat columns; lower sections now blocked and arch-heads glazed (all diamond-leaded, the majority with panes set at differing angles). 3 small semicircular-headed recesses above on south side. 2 similar recesses, with blocked circular opening between, on east side. Studded plank door on east side of lower lean-to adjoining north end. Central gabled projection on east side of roof has rectangular recess at front and louvres to sides. Diagonally-set stack, with domical cap, to roof ridge." |
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| hearsay:- |
Built 1687 when a market charter was granted. |
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