DOI Heft:
No. 268 (July 1915)
DOI Artikel:Tucker, Arthur: Picturesque Kendal
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21213#0128
Picturesque Kendal
—yet they have an indi-
viduality of their own; the
charm of them is akin to
the charm of the landscape
which they partly express,
and in most of these
modest buildings, besides
their aspect in relation to
the landscape and to the
atmosphere, there is an
individuality which gran-
deur cannot equal.
The town seems to have
experienced many vicissi-
tudes. It suffered from
the plague which desolated
the kingdom in 1597.
“ Provisions were brought
to this spot by the country
people and deposited for
the inhabitants—which
„ was the only intercourse
“THE FLEECE INN, HIGHGATE, KENDAL BY ARTHUR TUCKER, R.B.A. . /
during this destructive
period — when according
of his early work still remain in the neighbourhood,
including two or three which he disposed of by
lottery at ten-and-sixpence a ticket.
Redman’s Yard is typical of many others, a
strange mixture of past and present incongruously
blended. Crowded in between structures of modern
date are curious little houses with steep roofs, over-
hanging gables and erratic chimneys at all angles.
In many cases a flight of steps leads to a separate
dwelling on the second floor ;
the usual dark and shadowy
passage leads out to the main
street, where sometimes a
glint of sunshine at the fur-
ther end adds a picturesque
note to a subject already
full of interest. We can
picture to ourselves how the
people lived when these
courts were built hundreds
of years ago for defensive
purposes during the time of
the border raids. Built of
grey stone from the neigh-
bouring fells and in some
cases plastered over or white-
washed, they may possibly
strike the artist as somewhat
lacking in colour—for grey
tones certainly predominate “the shambles, kendal” by Arthur tucker, r.b.a.
108
to an inscription on a tablet in Penrith Church
—2500 of the inhabitants were swept away.”
It sent a contingent of stout bowmen under Lord
Dacre to Flodden, and it is recorded of them that
they “ proved hardy men and went no foot back.”
The town was Royalist during the Civil Wars, and
when Cromwell triumphed it had to pay for its
loyalty by accepting a corporation of Puritans.
Once more it was the scene of disturbances during
—yet they have an indi-
viduality of their own; the
charm of them is akin to
the charm of the landscape
which they partly express,
and in most of these
modest buildings, besides
their aspect in relation to
the landscape and to the
atmosphere, there is an
individuality which gran-
deur cannot equal.
The town seems to have
experienced many vicissi-
tudes. It suffered from
the plague which desolated
the kingdom in 1597.
“ Provisions were brought
to this spot by the country
people and deposited for
the inhabitants—which
„ was the only intercourse
“THE FLEECE INN, HIGHGATE, KENDAL BY ARTHUR TUCKER, R.B.A. . /
during this destructive
period — when according
of his early work still remain in the neighbourhood,
including two or three which he disposed of by
lottery at ten-and-sixpence a ticket.
Redman’s Yard is typical of many others, a
strange mixture of past and present incongruously
blended. Crowded in between structures of modern
date are curious little houses with steep roofs, over-
hanging gables and erratic chimneys at all angles.
In many cases a flight of steps leads to a separate
dwelling on the second floor ;
the usual dark and shadowy
passage leads out to the main
street, where sometimes a
glint of sunshine at the fur-
ther end adds a picturesque
note to a subject already
full of interest. We can
picture to ourselves how the
people lived when these
courts were built hundreds
of years ago for defensive
purposes during the time of
the border raids. Built of
grey stone from the neigh-
bouring fells and in some
cases plastered over or white-
washed, they may possibly
strike the artist as somewhat
lacking in colour—for grey
tones certainly predominate “the shambles, kendal” by Arthur tucker, r.b.a.
108
to an inscription on a tablet in Penrith Church
—2500 of the inhabitants were swept away.”
It sent a contingent of stout bowmen under Lord
Dacre to Flodden, and it is recorded of them that
they “ proved hardy men and went no foot back.”
The town was Royalist during the Civil Wars, and
when Cromwell triumphed it had to pay for its
loyalty by accepting a corporation of Puritans.
Once more it was the scene of disturbances during