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Images: Kendal
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Kendal’s ancient buildings are largely eighteenth-century, and the current Friends Meeting House was built in 1816. There are some seventeenth-century buildings, but none directly connected with Fox. The Old Fleece Inn, Kendal’s oldest surviving hostelry, is traditionally dated 1654, though this may relate to the building next door; Sandes’ Hospital, gatehouse and almshouses, was not built till 1663 (NMR). However, Black Hall at 69 Stricklandgate is a 16th-century building: in 1575 it was the home of the first Alderman (mayoral equivalent) Henry Wilson; and the Castle Dairy in Wildman Street over Stramongate Bridge was a 14th-century house renovated in the 1560s for local notable Anthony Garnett. For some further excellent photographs and descriptions of these and other buildings by Matthew Emmott, go to the Visit Cumbria website at www.visitcumbria.com/sl/kendal-buildings.htm. This site also has an enthusiastic section on ‘Ancient public houses that are no longer pubs’. When you have finished, close that browser window.