Bridge House Gate Bridge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1967. A Early Modern House, cottage.
Bridge House Gate Bridge Cottage
- WRENN ID
- gentle-wattle-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1967
- Type
- House, cottage
- Period
- Early Modern
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NY 33 NW CALDBECK Caldbeck
13/56 Bridge House & Gate Bridge Cottage 11.4.67 (formerly listed as Gatehouse)
G.V. II
House with extension to rear now a separate cottage. Dated and inscribed over entrance T & B B 1718 (Thomas and Barbara Backhouse). Painted stucco with eaves cornice and raised V-jointed quoins. Graduated greenslate roof with brick chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 3 bays with lower 2-bay cottage to right rear. Top-glazed 4-panel door in bolection surround under swan-neck pediment enclosing date and inscription. Sash windows in painted stone architraves. Extension has round-arched sash staircase window with glazing bars. Smaller square sash window to right. Gate Bridge Cottage continues under common roof. Lean-to extension has 4-panel side door with C20 lattice porch. Small sash windows in painted stone surrounds. Once the home of Woodcock Graves, writer of the song, 'D'ye ken John Peel'. See Hugh Machell, John Peel, 1926, p42, illustrated.
Listing NGR: NY3237339725
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