Friends Meeting House, Kendal

There have been Quakers in Kendal since the 17th century when the town was visited by George Fox.

The present meeting house was purpose-built in 1816 to replace the previous building used by local Quakers.

[1] The limestone building was designed by local architect Francis Webster.

[2] In the 1930s Stramongate School, a Quaker institution opposite the meeting house, closed.

[3] The meeting house has been designated a Grade II* listed building.