Black plaque № 11514

Kendal, Halton, England, United Kingdom

ABBOT HALL. Abbot Hall was built on a medieval site in the fashionable Palladian style between 1759 and 1762 for Colonel and Mrs. George Wilson, reputedly to the design of Carr of York. Planned as a country house in the town, Abbot Hall soon became Kendal's premier residential address. It was threat

ened with demolition in the 1930s and 1950s but a charitable trust saved the building and now runs it as an award-winning art gallery.

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