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SX8963 COCKINGTON PARK, Cockington 885-1/16/376 Higher Lodge 20/11/52

GV II

Lodge. Early C19. Plastered walls, mostly mass walls but oversailing front is timber-framed; red brick chimneyshaft; thatch roof. PLAN: Small 2-room plan cottage with central axial stack. North-west end is main front facing onto the drive, it contains the main doorway in verandah under oversailing first floor. EXTERIOR: Picturesque cottage ornee style. 2 storeys. Ground floor verandah under oversailing first floor, 5 bays with full-height tree trunk posts. 2-window front. Ground floor has front doorway to left containing early C20 partly glazed door. Casement to right and both first-floor doorways have triangular heads rising into eaves. Front windows contain diamond lights of leaded glass. Roof is hipped to the front and half-hipped to rear. Plain casement windows on other sides and C20 service lean-to to rear. One of an exceptionally picturesque group of listed buildings associated with Cockington Court (qv), the landscaped park and the unspoilt adjacent village.

Listing NGR: SX8935863740

External Links

• Wikidata Q26581037

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)