Description

SD 5192 NW KENDAL HIGHGATE
(West side)

7/49 Fleece Inn & Yard
24-4-51 entrance (formerly listed as
14-4-69 Ye Olde Fleece Inn and Yard
G.V. entrance) )
II
Public House. Probably late C17/early C18. Previous list gives 1654 date; this
date appears on panel in property adjoining to south which temporarily formed
part of the Inn c1723. Later alterations. Timber-framed with jettied upper
floors; wet-dashed. Dentilled eaves cornice. Graduated slate roof. 3 storeys,
2 bays. Passage through to rear on left with upper storeys carried across on
wooden beams. C20 part-glazed double door to south return with wood-mullioned
and transomed casement in squint to left and C18 sash above. East elevation has
5 wooden Tuscan columns (c1850 replacements of original posts) carrying
bressummer. 5-light ground floor casement and two 3-light casements to each
upper floor are C20 insertions out of keeping with the building's original
character. Interior extensively remodelled in early 1980s.

Listing NGR: SD5147292692

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26438842

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (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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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)