Greenlane Archaeology Ltd. (2018). Former Snuff Works, Lowther Street, Kendal, Cumbria: Heritage Assessment. Ulverston: Greenlane Archaeology Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1107159. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Former Snuff Works, Lowther Street, Kendal, Cumbria: Heritage Assessment
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Series:		 Greenlane Archaeology Ltd unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 In preparation for the submission of a change of use planning application for the former snuff works, Lowther Street, Kendal, Cumbria, Greenlane Archaeology was commissioned to carry out a heritage assessment, comprising a desk-based assessment and archaeological building recording. The record of the structure is equivalent to a Level 2 survey as defined by Historic England. The tobacco and snuff industry in Kendal has its origins in the 17th century with the first water-powered snuff mill established there in the early 18th century. The premises on Lowther Street are thought to have been acquired by Harrison and Brocklebank in the early 19th century but were under the ownership of the Gawith family from the 1860s. The works initially comprised what is now 27 Lowther Street, but by the 1860s the company had acquired the adjoining former dispensary building, built in 1782, and afterwards expanded the works with a purpose-built workshop to the rear by 1878. The business was later split between two of the sons of Samuel Gawith, but it was later reunited and a company using the Gawith name continued to operate from Lowther Street into the late 20th century. Much of the original dispensary building survives and this forms the earliest part of the complex, in the north-west corner of the site. The purpose-built workshop to the rear is likely to have incorporated a range of improvements, including increased mechanisation, originally presumably steam powered, and more recent changes relate to improvements in machinery and the introduction of electricity. The site represents a relatively understudied aspect of the industry at the national level, with previous consideration largely concerned with the mills in which the snuff was produced, rather than the places where the raw tobacco and snuff were finished, packaged, and thence distributed.
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Author:		 Greenlane Archaeology Ltd
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Year of Publication:		 2018
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County: Cumbria
District: South Lakeland
Country: England
Parish: Kendal
Grid Reference: 351591, 492621 (Easting, Northing)
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BUILDING SURVEY (Event)
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OASIS Id: greenlan1-333794
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Created Date:		 03 Jul 2023