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| Ring o' Bells, Kendal | ||
| Ring o' Bells | ||
| Street:- | Kirkland | |
| locality:- | Kendal | |
| civil parish:- | Kendal (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | inn | |
| coordinates:- | SD51629211 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5192 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD59 | |
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 BJS44.jpg Innsign, bellringers. (taken 14.8.2005)  BLU82.jpg The plaque on the gable end is the Vaux Brewery sign. (taken 9.4.2006) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "RING O'BELLS PUBLIC HOUSE / / KIRKLAND / KENDAL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75421 / SD5163292120" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Public house, at right-angles to road. 1741 for Thomas Barker, church sexton; later additions and alterations. Coursed rubble; north side rendered, south side incised stucco. Graduated slate roofs; stone mid and end chimneys. 7 bays overall; 2 western bays 3-storey (2nd floor added?), rest 2-storey. South elevation has 2 panelled doors, under canopies, on left and 3 segment-headed doors (originally to stables) on right; windows are insertions and replacements. 4 sashes to each floor on north elevation are probably original (most retain wide glazing bars); 2 segment-headed sashes to 1st floor left possibly original, rest are insertions. Said to have been built on consecrated ground; frequented by church wardens and bell-ringers in C18. Interior retains Victorian details and arrangement with front bar, side room, and larger back room all supplied from central serving area. Included mainly for its position in the churchyard group." |
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| Currington, David: 2009: Pictorial Record of Public Houses in Kendal: Westmorland
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| hearsay:- |
The inn is built on consecrated ground. It was built for Thomas Barker, sexton, 1741. |
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