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| Kendal: Kendal Gas Company | ||
| Street:- | Kirkland | |
| civil parish:- | Kendal (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | office | |
| coordinates:- | SD51619218 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5192 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD59 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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 BYS56.jpg (taken 7.7.2013)  BYS57.jpg "EX FUME DARE LUCEM. / 1825." (taken 7.7.2013) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "FORMER GAS COMPANY FACADE TO NORTH-WEST OF NOS 9 &11 CHURCH WALK / / KIRKLAND / KENDAL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75414 / SD5161392187" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "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." |
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| hearsay:- |
Facade built on the gas meter house of Kendal Gas Light and Coke Company, designed
by Francis Webster, 1825. Re-erected here 1984. |
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| The inscription can be translated as 'from smoke give light'. It comes from the Ars
Poetica by Horace and referred originally to poetic inspiration. |
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