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College Street, WHITEHAVEN, CA28 7EG

The Kinetic Clock ticks away mechanically representing the story of rum from sugar cane to bottle.

The Nave was burnt down sometime in the past and for a long time the site was an eyesore until recently when the site was turned into beautiful award winning gardens and the nave area used for various events.

Detail of The Miners' Memorial mosaic in St Nicholas' Church Gardens. The spokes of the pithead winding wheel contain the names of the local mines.

For almost three centuries the dominant feature of Lowther Street has been St. Nicholas' Church. Originally built in 1693 to replace a small chapel that stood at the end of Chapel St, it was rebuilt in 1883 by Miss Margaret Gibson in memory of her parents. A fire on 31st August 1971 destroyed the entire fabric except the clock tower and main entrance. Many important local families have been associated with St Nicholas. Although the graveyard was redesigned as a garden which now forms one of the features of Lowther St, some of the older headstones to be found at the Duke St end of the grounds provide a number of reminders of Whitehaven's maritime past. Inside the tower is a plaque to the memory of Mildred Warner Gale, the grandmother of George Washington. She was buried in the grounds, 30th January 1700/1. Her husband, George Gale, was buried on his plantation, called 'Tusculum', in Somerset County, just outside of Princess Anne, Maryland, USA.

St Nicholas' Church was originally built in 1693. In 1701 Mildred Warner Gale, grandmother of American President George Washington, was buried in the churchyard. The church was rebuilt in 1883. It consisted of a nave, chancel, side chapel, clerestory and west tower. On 31st August 1971 fire destroyed much of the nave and sanctuary. Rebuilding was initially considered but instead the church tower was fitted out as an auxiliary chapel and the rest demolished.