Description

SD 5192 NE & KENDAL THORNY HILLS
SD 5292 NW

8 & 9/165 Nos 1 & 2 (Kirkbie
Kendal Lower School)
24-4-51 (formerly girls High School)

G.V. II

2 houses, now school. 1823 by Francis and George Webster for Isaac and William
Wilson. Later additions and alterations. Tooled ashlar with corner pilasters
on plinth; 1st floor sill band and 2nd floor lintel band. Dentilled eaves
cornice and moulded cast-iron gutter. Hipped, graduated slate roof with large
glazed dormer to left; stone mid and end chimneys. 3 storeys, 7 bays overall
(3:1:1:1:1). Semicircular-headed carriage arch, now blocked with inserted
casement, in recessed central bay. Right-hand block has part-glazed double door
and semicircular fanlight in central porch; single sash in recessed surround to
either side. Left-hand block has glazed double door and radiating fanlight in
semicircular-headed architrave; single sash in recessed surround to either
side. 7 windows to each upper floor, mainly sashes. 3-bay south return has
sash to right of inserted porch; sashes with glazing bars to each upper floor.
All 2nd floor sashes are shorter. C20 additions and extensions of no interest.
Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SD5201992770

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26438771

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)