Description

NY 52 SW LOWTHER LOWTHER VILLAGE

12/153 Lowther Cottage
6.2.68
II*

House. 1766-73 by Robert Adam, as estate house for Sir James Lowther, part of a
model village which was never completed; altered in early C19. Cement rendered
walls with painted string course, under graduated hipped greenslate roofs with
banded cement-rendered chimney stacks. 2 storeys, with central recessed bays
and flanking 2-bay gabled wings; single-storey, single-bay pavilions at each
end. Central plain boarded door in shouldered pilastered surround. Sash
windows in painted stucco surrounds, except for plain reveal over entrance.
Left pavilion has plank door in segmental archway and right one has large sash
window with glazing bars. See Ancient Monument Society's Transactions, 14,
pp.57-73, R.W. Brunskill, Lowther Village and Robert Adam.

Listing NGR: NY5365723586

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17543913

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)