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'Kendal - Castle Dairy'
26 Wildman St, LA9 6EN. Tel 01539 730334.
Location : Kendal
Map - Ordnance Survey - SD 519931
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26 Wildman St, LA9 6EN. Tel 01539 730334.
Location : Kendal
Map - Ordnance Survey - SD 519931
The Castle Dairy is Kendal’s oldest inhabited building, built in the early part of the 14th century. Images of England states that it was remodelled in 1560 for Anthony Garnett, but many of the original features still exist.
It was originally a farmhouse incorporating a cross wing hall house. It appears that quite a lot of renovation work has been carried out on the building, including the opening up of some of the original windows that had been bricked up. The upper floor holds a small chapel which reputedly has the smallest window in Kendal, dated to the 14th century.
The floor over which the South West wing is built.
The local story says that the floor is all that remains of a Roman road that used to run across Wildman Street, along the banks of the river Kent when its route was further to the South West than it is today, eventually joining up with the Roman ford that used to cross the River Kent where Stramongate Bridge is now. However - make of that what you will!
Another view of the South West wing floor, and one of the three sandstone arched doorways
that were unblocked in the 1980’s.
The chapel with it’s oak panelled walls and small windows.
The original oak bed dating from around 1562,
in the first floor bedroom.
Close up of the head board
Close up of the vaulted ceiling.
The smallest window in Kendal in the first floor bedroom.
Tiny stained glass windows, two downstairs, and two in the first floor bedroom.
They are claimned to be the originals dating from the 1560’s.
Photos by Matthew Emmott.
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