Description

NZ 0814 ROKEBY ROKEBY PARK

13/156 Dairy Bridge
Cottage
12.1.67

GV II

Cottage, probably early C19. Squared rough-faced stone with cut dressings;
graduated Lakeland slate roof. North elevation 1 storey on basement, 3 bays.
Steps up and bridge across to centre part-glazed 6-panel door. Renewed 9-pane
sashes in end bays. Basement has C20 glazed door on left, boarded door on far
right and two 6-pane casements between. Hipped roof with stepped-and-banded
ridge stack. Left return shows canted bay with central-French window under
round arch, opening to iron balcony, built out above cliff. Flanking boarded
windows. Moulded block cornice. 12-pane casements below balcony. Right
return shows blocked tripartite window under pedimented hood on block corbels.
Rear elevation shows central-blocked door, under pent slated hood on block
corbels, and 2 renewed sashes to each side.

Although the house looks early C19, a 'tea room' here is mentioned in A Six
Months Tour through the North of England (1770) by Arthur Young.

Listing NGR: NZ0846214377

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26414840

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas