Halifax Bank Chimneys - Kendal, Cumbria, UK.
N 54° 19.623 W 002° 44.856
30U E 516414 N 6019939
The chimneys are located on the Halifax Bank on High Gate in Kendal.
Waymark Code: WM12N07
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/18/2020
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The chimneys are located on the Halifax Bank on High Gate in Kendal.
There are 10 square chimneys that are rendered and set diagonally along the ridge of the roof.
The Grade II listed property was formerly a pub called the Angel Grill/ Angel Inn. The description given by British Listed Buildings reads as follows;
"SD 5192 NW & NE KENDAL HIGHGATE
(East side)
No 21 (formerly listed as
7 & 8/33 Angel Grill)
24-4-51 No 25 and entrance to
14-4-69 Yard 23
G.V. II
Public House and shop; empty at time of survey (April 1984) and in process of being remodelled internally. Late C18/early C19 front with later alterations. Wet-dashed with cornice and moulded cast-iron gutter carried on dentils. Graduated slate roof with rendered, diagonally-set, chimneys along ridge; square structure, with pyramidal roof, to centre of ridge (said to have been a cockpit) was probably a lantern lighting the stairs. 3 storeys, 5 bays. Central yard entrance has projecting keystone and imposts to elliptical head; shop front to right and 2 sashes to left. 5 sashes to each floor above. All sashes with glazing bars in stone surrounds.
Listing NGR: SD5149492645"
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"The Halifax bank used to be the Angel Inn, or the Angel Grill. The box structure on the roof used to be pigeon cote, and was then turned into a cock pit (allegedly)."
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