Description

SD 5192 NE KENDAL STRAMONGATE
(Off South side)

8/146 Friends' Meeting
24-4-51 House

G.V. II*

Meeting House. 1816 (built partly on site of late C17 Meeting House) by Francis
Webster. Altered internally in 1934, extended eastward in 1936. Hammer-dressed
limestone blocks on plinth; eaves cornice and blocking course. Graduated slate
roofs with parallel ridges; stone end chimneys. 2 storeys, 5 bays. Stramongate
elevation: Porch on left has lunette immediately above and 2 semicircular-headed
sashes to right; three 1st floor windows are 1934 insertions. New Street
elevation: Porch on right has lunette immediately above and 4
semicircular-headed sashes to left; five lst floor sashes. Tall tripartite sash
to west return. Both porches have cornices and blocking courses, with panelled
inner double doors. All windows have glazing bars. Interior: originally 2
rooms separated by full-height timber partition of 4 elliptical-headed arches
carried between panelled pilasters; the arcade was infilled by movable, panelled
shutters which were permanently fixed in place when an upper (classroom) floor
was inserted on the north side in 1934. Cast-iron columns support the gallery,
with turned balusters, carried around 2 sides of the south room.

Listing NGR: SD5177892808

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Friends Meeting House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17543874

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)