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| Kendal: Stramongate, 7 to 11 | ||
| Henry Roberts Bookshop | ||
| Street:- | Stramongate | |
| locality:- | Kendal | |
| civil parish:- | Kendal (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | SD51669275 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5192 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD59 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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 BLU68.jpg (taken 9.4.2006)  BLU69.jpg Coat of arms, Bellingham Family. (taken 9.4.2006) |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Harper 1907 |
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| source data:- | Guidebook, The Manchester and Glasgow Road, by Charles G Harper,
published by Chapman and Hall Ltd, London, 1907. HP01p105.txt Page 105:- "..." "There is, after all, singularly little pictorial quality in Kendal. the old town-house of the Bellinghams, in Stramongate, built in 1546, still exists, although the family is extinct; but it turns the commonplace front of an ironmonger's shop" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "NO.7 (INCLUDES 9 AND 11) / 7 / STRAMONGATE / KENDAL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 75487 / SD5166592756" |
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 BZQ16.jpg Shop window. (taken 10.11.2013)  BZQ17.jpg Shop window. (taken 10.11.2013)  CCJ54.jpg Barge boards. (taken 7.2.2015) |
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| hearsay:- |
The house was built in the 16th century, owned by the Bellingham Family. |
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| The rear of 11 Stramongate has a gallery with turned balusters, now glazed over. |
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