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Manor House Hotel, Cockermouth
Manor House Hotel
County Fire Office
Street:-   Crown Street
locality:-   Cockermouth
civil parish:-   Cockermouth (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY11823063
1Km square:-   NY1130
10Km square:-   NY13
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010


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BYP14.jpg (taken 21.6.2013)  

evidence:-   presumably old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 54 4) 
placename:-  Grecian Villa
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  County Fire Office
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"COUNTY FIRE OFFICE / / CROWN STREET / COCKERMOUTH / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 71673 / NY1182530632"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Free-standing square villa of early C19, buff sandstone ashlar, with cornice band, moulded top cornice, plinth, and Tuscan end pilasters. 2 storeys. Front has recessed centre bay containing an entrance with 2 Ionic columns in antis, and a balustraded balcony and square piers to 1st floor window. A 3-light sash window on ach floor at each side of entrance. Return sides have 4 windows on upper floor, and 2 below. Omit rear wing. Said to have fully detailed plaster cornices in interior. Good Greek Revival essay. Nos 2 and 4. The Trout Hotel and Grecian Villa form a group with Wordsworth House, Main Street."

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