1, King Street

ULVERSTON

SD2878 626-1/3/37 20/06/72

KING STREET (West side) No.1

GV II

Shop with accommodation above. c1840. Probably by George Webster. Limestone ashlar and roughcast with slate roofs. 3 tall storeys plus attic. Occupies a corner site and has 2 principal facades, both of which are treated similarly, with 2 bays facing south towards the Market Place, and 2 bays facing east towards King Street. On the ground floor each has ashlar dressings and a timber shop front with a central doorway flanked by pilasters, and a fascia. The upper storeys have glazing bar sashes in narrow painted surrounds with projecting sills. Below gables (which are treated as pediments with projecting verges with plain barge-boards) is a frieze decorated with laurel garlands. At the apex of each gable is an ashlar chimney cap with cornice. An oculus within the south gable lights the attic. The corner between the 2 facades is recessed and curved, with rusticated stonework on the ground floor. The King Street facade has a further bay to the right, with a tall ground-floor window, a glazing bar sash on the 2nd floor, and a C20 tilting window with glazing bars on the 1st floor. The roof slope carries an attic dormer and there is a chimney to the right. (Taylor A & Haworth J: Websters of Kendal (Exhibition Catalogue): Kendal: 1973-: ITEM 54).

Listing NGR: SD2856878369