Home Front Legacy 1914-18
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Full Record - Gretna Taven (PRN: 8730)
| PRN | 8730 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site or location name | Gretna Taven | ||||
| Summary | Lloyds Bank, 6 Lowthergate | ||||
| Description | Public houses and breweries in the Carlisle, Gretna and Annan area were taken over by the State in 1916 to control drunkenness among construction and production workers at the new armament factories at Gretna, Eastriggs and Longtown. Four of the five breweries were closed with pubs closed or remodelled as restaurants to discourage stand-up drinking. The State Management's Scheme's first new premises was the former Post Office building opened as the Gretna Tavern by Lord Lonsdale on 12 July 1916. The State Management Scheme ran the Carlisle pubs until the 1970s. The pub-restaurant format and new pub designs by Harry Redfern in the post-war period influenced the large inter-war road houses and estate pubs. 'Geograph' page description Today this building on Lowther Street is a branch of Lloyds Bank, however, this building has a varied and interesting history. This Grade II listed building was the former post office. On the 12 July 1916 it opened as `The Gretna Tavern' the first State Managed pub in Carlisle. With a a nine-mile long cordite factory at nearby Gretna, excessive alcohol consumption became a problem and to counter this the British Government began nationalising pubs in an effort to control alcohol consumption; it began in the Carlisle and Siloth area and was known as the 'Carlisle Experiment'. In later years the pub underwent several name changes, including `The Shambles' in 1970s and 'The Post Public House' in the 1980s. Historic England description GV II Former Post Office, later a public house. 1863 for Her Majesty's Office of Works by J Williams of London; 1899 additions. Calciferous sandstone ashlar on chamfered painted plinth with part quoin bands/panelled pilasters; string course, cornice and solid parapet. Roof hidden by parapet; red brick ridge and end chimney stacks. 3 storeys, 3 bays extending back in open plan. Left double panelled doors and overlight; 3 casement windows with panelled aprons; overall sign board supported by stone pilasters dividing each window and door. First-floor round-arched sash windows in stone architraves and panelled aprons; 2nd-floor windows with eared surrounds and aprons with roundel. INTERIOR completely refurbished in Victorian style. HISTORY: the site of the Butchers' Arcade of 1844. Plans for this building are in Cumbria County Record Office dated 1863, Ca/E4/2821. For photograph of this when it was the Post Office see Perriam (1989). Carlisle Journal (1899) says that the additional storey was to be started in September to make it the same height as the adjoining Athenaeum. Became the first State Managed pub in Carlisle in 1916 as `The Gretna Tavern'; changed its name to `The Shambles' in 1970s and The Post Public House in the 1980s. (Perriam DR: Carlisle in Camera 2: 1989-: P.9; Carlisle Journal: 25 July 1899). | ||||
| Monument Type | HISTORICAL SITE;REQUISITIONED BUILDING;HISTORICAL SITE | ||||
| Desgination | None | ||||
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| Country | ENGLAND | ||||
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| Site Location | East side of Lowthergate opposite Devonshire Street | ||||
| Postcode | CA3 8DB | ||||
| Map Reference | NGR: NY4026155773 (340261, 555773) | ||||
| Condition/Threat | |||||
| Condition (Date) | Good (11-11-2016) | ||||
| Source | |||||
| Historic England (2016) The 'Carlisle Experiment' - government takes control of public houses. Historic England. https://historicengland.org.uk/research/current/discover-and-understand/military/the-first-world-war/first-world-war-home-front/what-we-already-know/land/state-control-of-pubs/ | |||||
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| Recorded By (Date) | John M - Geograph (26-08-2008) | ||||
| Copiled On | 11-11-2016 | ||||
| Last Updated | 11-11-2016 | ||||
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Gretna Tavern (6 Lowthergate, Caldewgate, Carlisle, Cumbria). Public houses and breweries in the Carlisle, Gretna and Annan area were taken over by the State in 1916 to control drunkenness among construction and production workers at the new armament factories at Gretna, Eastriggs and Longtown. (File name: 8730_886.jpg) |
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