William Wordsworth, Robert Southey, and Joseph Maude green plaque

This green commemorative plaque records: Stricklandgate House. This house was built about 1776 by Joseph Maude, a Kendal banker and for many years housed the Kendal Savings Bank. In 1854 it was leased to the Kendal Literary and Scientific Society of which Wordsworth and Southey were Founder members and became the town's museum and library. Recorded plaque organisation: Kendal Civic Society.

Joseph Maude, a Kendal banker, built this house in 1776; later, it housed the Kendal Savings Bank and served as the town's museum and library under the Kendal Literary and Scientific Society, of which William Wordsworth and Robert Southey were founder members. William Wordsworth and Robert Southey were prominent Romantic poets who significantly influenced English literature with their works celebrating nature and individual emotion.