Abbot Hall

In Kirkland adjacent to Kendal Parish Church, accessed from Peppercorn Lane car park, backing on to the river. Postcode LA9 5AL

Currently used by Abbot Hall Art Gallery

Curwen, 1900 p124-125

So named after the old house built on the church lands where the stables now are, granted to St Mary's Abbey, York, and which was probably the abbot's residence or place where he held his court. How the site became private property is not known, but the present hall was built in 1759, at the cost of £8000, by Colonel George Wilson of Dallam Tower. John Carr, Lord Mayor of York, was the architect.