Friends' Meeting House, New Road, Kendal
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Friends' Meeting House, New Road, Kendal
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 7 May 2006
A simple, ashlar-faced house designed by Francis Webster and built of limestone blocks in 1816, partly on the site of a 17C meeting house. It has its original internal fittings, although altered internally in 1934 and extended eastward in 1936. It houses a Quaker tapestry exhibition, which has 77 tapestry panels made by 4000 people from 15 countries.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.327573
Longitude
-2.744178