Lowther Cottage

House. Built between 1766 and 1773 by Robert Adam, it was originally an estate house for Sir James Lowther, intended as part of a larger model village which was not fully realized. The building was altered in the early 19th century. It has walls rendered with cement and a painted string course, topped by graduated hipped greenslate roofs and banded, cement-rendered chimney stacks. The house is two storeys high, with a central recessed section flanked by two-bay gabled wings, and single-storey, single-bay pavilions at each end. The central doorway has a plain boarded door within a shouldered pilastered surround. Sash windows are set in painted stucco surrounds, with the exception of the plain reveal above the entrance. The left pavilion has a plank door in a segmental archway, and the right pavilion features a large sash window with glazing bars. Further information can be found in the Ancient Monument Society's Transactions, volume 14, pages 57-73, and in R.W. Brunskill's publication, “Lowther Village and Robert Adam.”