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placename:- Hill Cote
parish Kendal parish, once in Westmorland
county:- Cumbria
building/s; wall
coordinates:- SD51169227
10Km square:- SD59
References Listed Buildings 2010

1Km square SD5192

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

Listed Buildings 2010

courtesy of English Heritage
HILL COTE AND GARDEN WALLS ADJOINING TO EAST AND WEST / 80 / GILLINGGATE / KENDAL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75370 / SD5116592278
courtesy of English Heritage
House and walls. Shown on 1898 O.S. map, possibly 1894; J.F. Curwen (for G. Gilkes?). Later additions and alterations. Arts and Crafts style. Snecked rubble with quoins; deeply-splayed plinth to roadside elevation. Wet-dashed to ground floor west elevation and most of 1st floor; tile hung over west door. String between floors. Splayed red clay-tiled pyramidal roofs; small dormer overlooking road has similar roof and sides of copper. Tall brackets support projecting eaves. Stone mid chimneys. 2 storeys. Western elevation has full-height porch with canted bay window on brackets above plank door; single-storey bay to either side. Windows throughout mainly casements, some square-leaded. Late C20 extension to north side not of interest. Snecked rubble garden walls (continuation of plinth) are castellated; c15 ft high to left, with pedimented surround to plank door, and c6 ft high to right.

placename:- Hill Cote
district:- South Lakeland
listed building
coordinates:- SD51169227
date:- 2010
period:- 2010s

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