In the Tudor Revival Style

The Cumberland Inn on Botchergate, Carlisle was built in 1930 to replace a mid-Victorian inn of the same name. It is a fine building, although looking a little out of place. It is easy to overlook as one drives by - one positive of the huge roadworks going on around the station is that traffic delays allow one time to look out at the buildings!

Henry Redfern was the architect responsible for the design of 14 public houses in Carlisle and District when, in the interwar years, the State Management Scheme* was set up. Each one is unique, often based on the Arts and Crafts Movement. The Cumberland Inn was in a ‘Tudor Revival’ style and is the least altered of the Redfern buildings.

*In the interwar years breweries and pubs in Carlisle and District were nationalised in an effort to prevent drunkenness among munitions workers at the enormous Gretna factory close by. The idea was to change the local culture of alcohol consumption by making public houses light, airy and comfortable places, designed for food service and to appeal to female customers.