Craven House (also known as ''Fisher House'') is a large office building in

Barrow-in-Furness Barrow-in-Furness is a port town in Cumbria, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of B ...

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, England located on Michaelson Road close to the eponymous bridge. Constructed in the 1960s the building is noted for its length of roughly and consists of seven floors making it one of the tallest storied buildings in the town. The gross floor area stands at around . Craven House is owned by the

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and currently houses the town's principal

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alongside leasing office space to the headquarters of successful shipping company James Fisher & Sons - the only Barrow based company listed on the

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. In 2003 the entire external fabric of the building was recladded and a further £1.7 million was spent in 2013 on refurbishing the inside of the building and installing a new roof. Craven House generates around £176,000 for Barrow Borough Council per annum, making it the largest individual commercial asset under the council's possession.

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* Agilisys * Cumbria County Council * James Fisher & Sons * Jobcentre

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