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placename:- Miles Thompson
other name:- Shearman House
locality:- Kendal
parish Kendal parish, once in Westmorland
county:- Cumbria
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coordinates:- SD51439261
10Km square:- SD59

1Km square SD5192

The building was opened as a public wash house and baths, designed by Miles Thompson, 1864. The facilities were intended to reduce the hard work of domestic laundry, and included early spin dryers.
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Miles Thompson -- Kendal -- Kendal -- Cumbria / -- 9.4.2006

references Currington, David: 2009: Pictorial Record of Public Houses in Kendal: Westmorland CAMRA

Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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