Wheelwright’s cottage and workshop, Sedbergh
Historical Environment Record No:
MYD35624
Parish:
Sedbergh
OS Grid Reference:
Dale:
Description
Wheelwrights Cottage and workshop MYD35624 (c) YDNPA 2023
Nos 15,16 and 17, Back Lane in Sedbergh were once the accommodation and workshop of a wheelwright’s business established in 1799 by James Handley. The buildings date to the late 18th century but have been altered since. The workshop is attached to the right and rear of the cottage and has a large segmental-headed wagon doorway with board double doors with windows cut into them. Now [2004] a bookshop.
Source:
Trott, Freda (2001) These We Have Known. Stories of Sedbergh People and Places. Kendal: T W Douglas & Son