Gas Meter House Facade - 1825 - Kendal, Cumbria, UK.
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N 54° 19.384 W 002° 44.729
30U E 516554 N 6019497
Gas Meter House Facade dated 1825, is located at the Peppercorn Lane Car Park in Kendal.
Waymark Code: WM13FEK
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/30/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member ScroogieII
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The Gas Meter House Facade is located on the Peppercorn Lane Car Park in Kendal.

The facade has a classical frontage, two pillars, two Tuscan columns and a pediment.

The facade dated 1825 was designed by Francis Webster and was originally located on the gas meter house of the Kendal Gas-Light Company in Parkside Road.
When the gasworks was demolished in 1969, it was preserved and moved to its present location on the Abbott Hall site in 1984.
The move was sponsored by North West Gas.

The Latin inscription on the pediment comes from Horace's 'Ars Poetica'(The Art of Poetry) and reads as follows;
" EX FUMO DARE LUCEUM"
(from smoke let light break out)


SOURCE: The information above was obtained from a plaque placed by Kendal Civic Society. (visit link)

The facade is Grade II listed, the description given by Historic England reads as follows;

"FORMER GAS COMPANY FACADE TO NORTH-WEST OF NOS 9 AND 11 CHURCH WALK
SD 5192 SE KENDAL KIRKLAND (Off East side) 11/73 Gas Company Facade to north-west of nos 9 and 14-4-69 11 Church Walk G.V. II

Facade of original Kendal Gas Company Meter House, removed from original site at Gas Works in Parkside Road and reconstructed (1984) on west elevation of extension to Museum of Lakeland Life and Industry. Dated 1825 on keystone. Attributed to Francis Webster. Pedimented portico of tooled ashlar. Semicircular-headed entrance with engaged Tuscan column, and corner pilaster, on plinth to either side. Entablature has EX FUMO DARE LUCEM carved on fascia and KENDAL UNDERTAKING painted in red on frieze.
Listing NGR: SD5161092197" SOURCE: (visit link)

A photo of the facade in its original setting at the Kendal Gas-Light Company in Parkside Road, can be seen at the following link: (visit link)

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Year built or dedicated as indicated on the structure or plaque: 1825

Full Inscription (unless noted above): Not listed

Website (if available): Not listed
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