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Meeting House Lane, WIGTON, CA7 9EE

The sandstone building on the right [east] has a Masonic plaque from the 1850s.

Bypassed by the A596 heading from Maryport to Carlisle.

In Meetinghouse Lane, on the north side of King Street.

Pink restaurant on Wheatsheaf Lane.

Closed at the time of visit

Late 18th or early 19th Century hotel, which closed some years ago and suffered a serious fire in April 2017. Although Grade II listed, its future is uncertain. Alexander P Kapp photographed the hotel in 2008, see: Image] .

The archway on the right suggests this may have originally have been a coaching house.

Formerly the Cumberland Union Bank and appearing on the 1864 OS Map, it became part of the Midland Bank and later HSBC. An undated notice in the window informs local HSBC customers they must now travel to Carlisle.

The fruit and vegetable market was once held here - other markets were situated around the town. The upper storeys of the shops retain their Georgian facades largely unaltered (information from Wigton Town Guide http://www.pluspublishing.co.uk/assets/applets/Wigton_10-12_web.pdf ). View from High Street to the junction with West Street (left) and King Street (right). Standing on an island is the Moore Memorial Fountain Image .

Situated on King Street just below the closed HSBC Bank (see: Image] ) both pre-date the 1864 OS Map. The small two-storey "Black Swan" was once cleverly painted to represent stone blocks. Neither buildings are specifically named on the 1892 OS Map, so may have closed before the end of the 19th Century. Local historian Trevor Grahamslaw ("Wigton Through Time" - Amberley Publishing 2010) records that the hotel eventually became a Co-Operative store, while both buildings became Haldane's grocery store. Current use is clear! See also: Image] . Photograph is for record only - I have no connection with any business seen in the view and cannot advise on their products or services.