HI this is my first post so please be a little forgiving.
These are the italian gardens also known as the chinese gardens locally.the site was built in the early 1930's under the direction of P Dalton ( borough surveyor ) using laborers made unemployed by the depression.
The buildings are toilets although now out of use and the majority of the stone used to construct the site was recycled material from the widening of the neighbouring bridge or the demolished carlisle Jail.
The gardens have been left to rot due to a lack of money for a while now but are about to be restored thanks to a lottery grant .
But here they are in their current unloved state.
Entrance
upper pool and pergola
lower terrace