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| Romney House, Kendal | ||
| Romney House | ||
| Street:- | Milnthorpe Road | |
| locality:- | Kendal | |
| civil parish:- | Kendal (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | inn | |
| coordinates:- | SD51629183 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5191 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD59 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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 BXZ19.jpg (taken 14.3.2013)  BXZ20.jpg Plaque. (taken 14.3.2013) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Romney House Hotel |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "ROMNEY HOUSE HOTEL / 26 / MILNTHORPE ROAD / KENDAL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75463 / SD5161691818" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "House, now Hotel; early/mid C18. Coursed rubble, rendered to front, with rusticated corner pilasters on plinth; dentilled eaves cornice. Graduated slate roof with stone end chimneys. 3 storeys, 3 bays. Part-glazed door and rectangular fanlight in surround with cornice carried on tapered pilasters. Narrow sash to right and 2 sashes to left; 3 sashes to each floor above. Sign hangs from wrought-iron bracket projecting above door. Late C19 painted, circular, cast-iron plaque (between ground and 1st floors) carries an inscription in raised sans serif lettering: HERE LIVED FOR A TIME AND DIED GEORGE ROMNEY PORTRAIT PAINTER .BORN AT DALTON IN FURNESS 1734. DIED 1802." |
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