Description

TORQUAY

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

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26581037

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Recommended Books

• 
  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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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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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments