30 Kirkland

Between Pembroke House (28 Kirkland) and 32 Kirkland. NGR 351552E 492150N Postcode LA9 5AD

Kirkland House[1]. Previously Kirkland Post Office it is now The Old Curiosity Shop

Listed Building Grade II:

KENDAL, KIRKLAND (West side), Kirkland House, No. 30, (Formerly listed as: No 30, Post Office)

24-4-51 14-4-69 G.V. II

House, now shop. Possibly rebuilt, but certainly refaced and raised in height in early C19 for John Yeates. Wet-dash, probably over lath and plaster, with plinth. Bressummer, to jettied upper floors, carried on four cast-iron Tuscan columns (said to be earliest instance of such a use in Kendal). Graduated slate roof with stone end chimneys. Three storeys, three bays. Part-glazed door to left; C20 plate-glass windows to right, under jetty. Three sashes with glazing bars to each floor above.

Curwen, 1900 p 167-168

30 Kirkland

The central house in this charming block of three was partially rebuilt by Anthoney Yeates early in the XIXth Century, and from the fact of Pembroke House havinf had at one time south attic windows, it would seem that the upper storey of this house, which so mars the continuity and beauty of the block, was added then.

John Richard (afterwards Yeates) lived there when he was appointed Mayor in 1836 by the Reformed Corporation. He dies at Park Head, December 23rd, 1847, aged 51, and was buried in Heversham churchyard.There is a stained glass window in Kendal Church, erected by his son in 1865 to the memory of his parents.

It is said that the iron railings in front of the house came from Dallam Tower, having been given by Mr. Wilson, at whose house Mr. Yeates was a constant visitor.

References

Old Cumbria Gazetteer: Martin and Jean Norgate: 2013

Planning Application Number SL/2013/0940 ALTERATIONS TO GROUND FLOOR SHOP WINDOWS AND RE-INSTATEMENT OF RAILINGS

Planning Application Number SL/2011/0090 ALTERATIONS AND FORMATION OF REAR SUNKEN ROOF TERRACE

THE LONDON GAZETTE, 18 JULY, 1930. GELDART, Alfred Dawspn, 30, Kirkland, Kendal, Baker, and carrying on business in copartnership with Alfred Gudgeon, at Kirkland House, 30, Kirkland, Kendal, under the style or firm of "GUDGEON'S BAKERY." - Discharge of bankrupt order of 1928 in 1930

[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1311951 No. 30, KIRKLAND List Entry Summary