Description

This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 13/03/2017

SD 5192 NE,
8/151

KENDAL,
STRICKLANDGATE (East side),
No. 95

(Formerly listed as the Y.W.C.A.)

24.04.51

G.V.

II

House, now Hostel; dated 1728 on rainwater head. Later additions and
alterations. Wet-dashed rubble with eaves cornice; moulded, cast-iron gutter on
dentils. Graduated slate roof; stone mid and end chimneys. Three storeys, five bays.
Panelled door and rectangular fanlight, with pilastered reveals, to ground floor
left; sashes. Lead downpipe has lead bands, each with griffin in low relief to
either end, fastening it back to wall.

Bonnie Prince Charlie slept here on his advance into England in 1745; he did so again during his retreat, with the pursuing Duke of Cumberland sleeping here on the following night.

Listing NGR: SD5151192982

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26451598

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Recommended Books

• 
  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)