The Cranemaker Public House

The Cranemaker Public House is a building that was originally constructed as a house in the 1830s or 1840s. It features Flemish bond brickwork set on a chamfered plinth, with all dressings made of painted stone. The building has V-jointed quoins and a cornice, topped by a graduated greenslate roof with coped gables and skylights, along with original end brick chimney stacks. It stands two storeys high and has three bays. The central entrance consists of a 20th-century panelled door with an overlight, framed by a stone architrave and a bracketed cornice. The sash windows, which have glazing bars, are also set within architraves, with the window above the entrance featuring a console-bracketed cornice. There are 20th-century extensions to the right. The interior was not inspected. The building appears on the 1842 Map of Carlisle and opened as The Theakston public house in 1981, having previously been known as The Carleton private hotel. It was renamed The Cranemaker in 1990 following the closure of Cowans, Sheldon & Co., which was located across the road and was demolished in 1989.