IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Raffles Avenue, CARLISLE, CA2 7EQ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Raffles Avenue, CA2 7EQ by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Listing (58 Images Found)
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Carlisle West Community Fire Station
Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service opened two new fire stations in Carlisle in 2012. This one is at Brookside in Raffles. The other is at Eastern Way, Durranhill Image
The firefighters vacated their old premises in Warwick Street Image, which has since been converted to an arts centre.
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough
Taken: 11 May 2015
0.05 miles
2
Nos. 83 and 85 Brookside
Ordnance Survey records show that a benchmark levelled at 24.776m above Newlyn Datum was verified in 1972 on the eastern house of a block of four houses at this location, apparently demolished and replaced by this pair of semis. See www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm103050
Image: © Luke Shaw
Taken: 29 Nov 2019
0.06 miles
3
Carlisle's 2,000th council house
Located on Newtown Road. The house was built in 1929 - see Image .
A blog called 'Municipal Dreams' has a couple of very interesting articles about council housing in Carlisle https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2015/03/03/interwar_carlisle/ . It says Carlisle claimed to have built more council housing for its size than any town in England during the interwar period.
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough
Taken: 11 May 2015
0.07 miles
4
Plaque on Carlisle Corporation's 2,000th house
The house is in Newtown Road, for location see Image .
There is said to be a plaque in Harraby on the 4,000th house http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/Sense-of-pride-at-the-heart-of-Harraby-317773cc-02ef-498c-ace5-014430038823-ds , but we haven't been able to find it.
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough
Taken: 11 May 2015
0.07 miles
5
Benchmark at #163 Newtown Road
Horizontal cut in a brick at the position where there should be an Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark. Suspect the bricks have been replaced with an attempt made to preserve the height of the cut mark. See the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm34894 for a description of the benchmark.
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 17 Jul 2010
0.08 miles
6
Living Well Trust at Raffles Community House
A pair of council houses in Raffles Avenue converted into a community facility. For many years it was home to the Play Raffles charity, more recently The Living Well Trust.
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough
Taken: 11 May 2015
0.08 miles
7
#163 Newtown Road
There is an Ordnance Survey benchmark (or replacement) Image on the right side of the house at its front corner (behind wheelie bin)
Image: © Luke Shaw
Taken: 29 Nov 2019
0.08 miles
8
Coledale Hall, Newtown Road
Only the road and frontage of the building are in this gridsquare, the rest is in NY3856. Coledale Hall is Grade II* listed, built in 1810 for Henry Fawcett, MP for Carlisle http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/default.aspx?pid=2&id=386813 . The owner in 1846 was George Mould, successful railway contractor, who installed a lavish interior. It later became St. Mary's Home for Friendless Girls, then offices, and is now converted into flats.
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough
Taken: 27 Feb 2009
0.08 miles
9
Newtown Methodist Church
Located on Newtown Road.
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough
Taken: 16 Feb 2015
0.09 miles
10
Former "Green Dragon" pub, Newtown Road - June 2017 (2)
For information on this building, see: Image] .
Image: © The Carlisle Kid
Taken: 25 Jun 2017
0.10 miles