
What is recorded here
This green commemorative plaque records: Black Hall. Kendal's first Alderman lived here in 1575. The house was modernised in 1810 and in 1869 became a brush factory with the sign of a bristly hog. Recorded plaque organisation: Kendal Civic Society.
Kendal's first Alderman resided here in 1575, marking this site as significant for local governance history; later transformations into a brush factory highlight the building’s adaptive reuse over centuries.
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