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| Working Mens Institute, Kendal | ||
| Working Mens Institute | ||
| Street:- | Market Place | |
| locality:- | Kendal | |
| civil parish:- | Kendal (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | SD51589281 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5192 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD59 | |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- New Play House |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "ENTRANCE TO YARD 30 / / MARKET PLACE / KENDAL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75446 / SD5157992817" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Shops with Working Men's Institute above. C17, largely rebuilt c1760 for Thomas Ashburner as the New Play House; used as first Wesleyan Meeting House in Kendal in late C18/early C19. Bought by Trustees of Working Men's Institute in 1843 and refronted for them in 1865 by Thompson &Webster. Restored 1979. Incised stucco with cavetto eaves. Graduated slate roof with rendered chimney to east end. 3 storeys, 4 bays. Recessed, arcaded C20 shop front. Stone steps with wrought-iron handrail up to 1st floor glazed wooden lean-to porch over garage on left. Panelled door to no 28 opens off north side of passage leading to Yard 30, paralleling recessed shop front on right. 3 sashes to 1st floor and 4 above, all with glazing bars. Rectangular frame between upper floors carries large inscription: WORKING MEN'S INSTITUTE." |
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