Latitude: 54.3198 / 54°19'11"N
Longitude: -2.7452 / 2°44'42"W
OS Eastings: 351626
OS Northings: 491840
OS Grid: SD516918
Mapcode National: GBR 9L8H.G7
Mapcode Global: WH82W.SPZ6
Plus Code: 9C6V8793+WW
Entry Name: Former Romney House Hotel
Listing Date: 14 April 1969
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1318998
English Heritage Legacy ID: 75463
Also known as: 26 Milnthorpe Road
ID on this website: 101318998
Location: The Lound, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, LA9
County: Westmorland and Furness
District: South Lakeland
Civil Parish: Kendal
Built-Up Area: Kendal
Traditional County: Westmorland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Kendal Holy Trinity
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 16 September 2025 to amend the name and address and description due to a change in building use, and reformat the text to current standards
SD 59 SW
2/121
KENDAL
MILNTHORPE ROAD (west side)
No 26, Romney House
Former Romney House Hotel
(Formerly listed as No 26 (Romney House Hotel) MILNTHORPE ROAD)
14-4-69
II
House, hotel at time of listing; early/mid C18. Coursed rubble, rendered to front, with rusticated corner pilasters on plinth; dentilled eaves cornice. Graduated slate roof with stone end chimneys. Three storeys, three bays. Part-glazed door and rectangular fanlight in surround with cornice carried on tapered pilasters. Narrow sash to right and two sashes to left; three sashes to each floor above. Sign hangs from wrought-iron bracket projecting above door. Late C19 painted, circular, cast-iron plaque (between ground and first floors) carries an inscription in raised sans serif lettering: HERE LIVED FOR A TIME AND DIED GEORGE ROMNEY PORTRAIT PAINTER *BORN AT DALTON IN FURNESS 1734* DIED 1802.
Listing NGR: SD5162691840
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