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placename:- Gawith Hoggarth and Co
locality:- Kendal
parish Kendal parish, once in Westmorland
county:- Cumbria
snuff factory; factory
coordinates:- SD515926
10Km square:- SD59

1Km square SD5192

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Gawith Hoggarth and Co -- Kendal -- Kendal -- Cumbria / -- 25.8.2006
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Gawith Hoggarth and Co -- Kendal -- Kendal -- Cumbria / -- Sign:- -- 'GAWITH, HOGGARTH & CO. LIMITED LICENSED TOBACCO & SNUFF MANUFACTURERS' -- 25.8.2006

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

Listed Buildings 2010

courtesy of English Heritage
SNUFF WORKS / 25 AND 27 / LOWTHER STREET / KENDAL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75437 / SD5159292627
courtesy of English Heritage
Manufactory and offices on sloping site; c1782 with later additions and alterations. Small limestone blocks on plinth with 1st floor sill band; cornice to no 27. Graduated slate roofs; stone mid and end chimneys to no 25, stone mid chimney to lower roof of no 27. 2 storeys. No 25 four bays: Panelled double door, with semicircular fanlight, on right in stone surround with projecting imposts, and keystone with Greek (?) letters; 2 semicircular-headed fixed windows (with recessed aprons) and panelled door, with radiating semicircular fanlight, on left. 4 sashes above. No 27, three bays: C20 panelled door and rectangular fanlight with sash and shop window to left; sash and C20 casement above, with trade sign between. Original windows have glazing bars.
district:- South Lakeland
listed building
coordinates:- SD51599262
date:- 2010
period:- 2010s

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tiny photograph, 
button to large Gawith Hoggarth and Co -- Kendal -- Kendal -- Cumbria / -- Wooden figure (sadly a replacement fake). -- 25.8.2006

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