NO.7 (INCLUDES 9 AND 11)

SD 5192 NE KENDAL STRAMONGATE (South side)

8/141 No 7 (includes 9 and 11)

14-4-69

G.V. II*

Town-house of Bellingham family, now shop. Said to date back to mid C15, certainly C16. Restored 1863 for John Broadbent who placed panel, showing Bellingham arms and date 1546, in dormer window gable. Later additions and alterations. Wet-dashed rubble. Graduated slate roof has central gabled dormer with decoratively carved C19 barge-boards; stone chimneys. 2 storeys with cellar, 3 bays. Part-glazed door with 2 plate-glass windows to left and one to right; cellar access below windows. Two 3-light wood-mullioned windows to 1st floor and one to dormer. Interior: Dog-leg closed-string stair has turned newels (with ball finials) and balusters with moulded handrail. Both 1st floor front end rooms have ornately carved fireplaces; east room's probably original C16, west room's lintel C16 but jambs later (C17?), with Bellingham arms. Window seat in west room said to be dower chest of Mary Rogers: 3 carved panels with M R 1628 around lock; cupboard door, with 'H' hinges to right of fireplace has cartouche, with foliate supporters, on panel above inscribed ...(?) PRO JACOBVS GALLE II REX C.B. To left of fireplace in west room is a cupboard; central mahogany door (with butterfly hinges), between two C17 carved panels, has Bellingham arms on cartouche initialled and dated 1774 B. Heavy oak beams throughout (some remains of moulded plaster casing to beam in storeroom at rear).

Listing NGR: SD5166592756