Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Working Mens Institute | |
| locality:- | Kendal | |
| parish |
Kendal parish, once in
Westmorland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| building/s | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD51589281 | |
| 10Km square:- |
SD59
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| 1Km square | SD5192 | |
 Working Mens Institute -- Kendal -- Kendal -- Cumbria / -- 19.1.2010 | ||
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| ENTRANCE TO YARD 30 / / MARKET PLACE / KENDAL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75446 / SD5157992817 | ||
| 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. | ||
| district:- | South Lakeland | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD51579281 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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