Description

SD 5192 NW KENDAL STRICKLANDGATE (West side)

7/157 Carnegie Library & forecourt railings

G.V. II

Public library. Dated 1908 on cartouche in upper pediment; by T.F. Pennington. Rough-dressed limestone blocks on plinth; sandstone used for central bay and other detailing including main windows (with lintel and sill bands) dentilled cornice, and corniced parapet. Hipped, graduated slate roof; corniced stone chimney to south end, polychrome octagonal louvred vent to north end. Symmetrical; single tall storey with attic and cellar, 7 bays. Giant-order central bay, with open segmental pediment supported on unfluted Ionic columns, has splayed stone steps up to plank double doors in pedimented doorcase surmounted by panel, with CARNEGIE LIBRARY in raised sans-serif lettering; ornate foliate surround to large oculus above. 3 tall, square-leaded, casements in pedimented architraves to either side; 3 segmental-headed cellar windows to either side of steps. Ornate wrought-iron forecourt railings are extended as handrails to steps.

Listing NGR: SD5147292884

External Links

• Kendal Library official website
• Wikidata Q26451619

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)