Descriptive plaque. Sandes Hospital, Highgate, Kendal, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe.

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The Kendal Civic Society information plaque on Sandes Hospital reads as follows:- In this Yard, Thomas Sandes (1606 - 81), cloth mershant and former Mayor of Kendal, founded a school and eight almashouses for poor widows. The gatehouse, once the master's house, had single storey wings and housed the school and library in the chamber over the gateway. The houses were rebuilt in 1852 by Kendal architect Miles Thompson. In 1886 thye school merged with Kendal Grammar School which was succeeded in 1980 by Kirkbie Kendal School whose Trustees still own the property. The datestone shows shearman's tools and the Sandes family arms.

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Size: 4993px × 6036px
Location: Sandes Hospital, Highgate, Kendal, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe.
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Keywords: 1659, almshouse, almshouses, descriptive, gatehouse, hospital, library, plaque, sandes, school, thomas