'Kendal - Town Hall'

Location : Kendal
Map - Ordnance Survey - SD 514928

Kendal Town Hall. The right hand section is the old Assembly rooms by Webster (1825), and houses the Tourist Information Centre, though the rest is by S. Shaw (1893).

Tourist Information Centre.

Town Hall Foundation Stone.

On this site omce stood White Hall, believed to have been an exchange hall for Kendal's cloth trade with Virginia. It was replaced in 1825 by a new White Hall, designed by Kendal architect Francis Webster and incorporating a billiards room, newsroom, lecture hall and ballroom. Converted to the Town Hall in 1859 this forms the southern part of the present building. Extensions were commenced in 1893, when Alderman William Bindloss and Mrs Bindloss made a very generous contribution towards the cost of the alterations and improvements. A new tower was added for the clock, and eleven bells which were rung for the first time on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. The older section of the Town hall now houses the town's Tourist Information centre.

Town Hall Foundation Stone.

Plaque in the foyer of Kendal Town Hall, commemorating the birth of Mary Wakefield of Sedgwick House in Sedgwick. More information.

Photos by Matthew Emmott.

Page created 26 June 2006, Last changed 29 June 2006.