Hill Cote And Garden Walls Adjoining To East And West

Hill Cote is a house with adjoining garden walls located on the north side of Gillinggate in Kendal. It is shown on the 1898 Ordnance Survey map, possibly dating back to 1894, and is attributed to J.F. Curwen for G. Gilkes. The building is designed in the Arts and Crafts style and features snecked rubble construction with quoins. The roadside elevation has a deeply-splayed plinth. The ground floor west elevation and most of the first floor are wet-dashed, while the area above the west door is tile hung. A string course runs between the floors. The roofs are splayed red clay-tiled pyramidal shapes, with a small dormer overlooking the road that has a similar roof and copper sides. Tall brackets support the projecting eaves, and there are stone mid chimneys. The house has two storeys. The western elevation includes a full-height porch with a canted bay window on brackets above a plank door, with single-storey bays on either side. The windows throughout are mainly casements, with some featuring square leaded glass. There is a late 20th-century extension on the north side that is not of interest. The garden walls, made of snecked rubble and continuing the plinth, are castellated, standing approximately 15 feet high to the left with a pedimented surround to a plank door, and about 6 feet high to the right.