No.7 (Includes 9 and 11) is a Grade II* listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1969. A Medieval Town-house.
No.7 (Includes 9 and 11)
- WRENN ID
- wild-transept-winter
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1969
- Type
- Town-house
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- No.7 (Includes 9 and 11), Stramongate, Kendal
- OS grid reference
- SD 516 927
- Coordinates
- 54.32808, -2.74473
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 7, which includes Nos. 9 and 11, is a town-house that belonged to the Bellingham family and is now a shop. It is believed to date back to the mid-15th century, but it is certainly from the 16th century. The building was restored in 1863 for John Broadbent, who added a panel displaying the Bellingham arms and the date 1546 in the gable of the dormer window. There have been later additions and alterations. The exterior features wet-dashed rubble and a graduated slate roof with a central gabled dormer that has decoratively carved 19th-century barge-boards and stone chimneys. The building has two storeys with a cellar and three bays. The entrance includes a part-glazed door with two plate-glass windows to the left and one to the right, with cellar access below the windows. On the first floor, there are two 3-light wood-mullioned windows and one in the dormer.
Inside, there is a dog-leg closed-string staircase with turned newels that have ball finials and balusters with a moulded handrail. The two front rooms on the first floor have ornately carved fireplaces; the fireplace in the east room is likely original from the 16th century, while the west room has a 16th-century lintel but later (17th-century?) jambs, featuring the Bellingham arms. The window seat in the west room is said to be a dower chest belonging to Mary Rogers, with three carved panels inscribed with "M R 1628" around the lock. To the right of the fireplace in the west room, there is a cupboard door with 'H' hinges, above which is a panel with a cartouche and foliate supporters inscribed with "PRO JACOBVS GALLE II REX C.B." To the left of the fireplace is another cupboard with a central mahogany door featuring butterfly hinges, flanked by two 17th-century carved panels that display the Bellingham arms on a cartouche dated 1774 B. The building has heavy oak beams throughout, with some remains of moulded plaster casing on a beam in the storeroom at the rear.
Local climate
No.7 (Includes 9 and 11) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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