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George Douglas Brown, author of "The house with the green shutters": a biographical memoir

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Wordsworth House, Main St, Cockermouth, Cumbria, England.

Sir Nikolaus Pevsner described in his book 'The Buildings of England - Cumberland and Westmorland' Wordsworth House as 'quite a swagger house for such a town'. It was built in 1745 for the then High Sheriff of Cumberland, Joshua Lucock. In 1761 Sir James Lowther, son of Sir John Lowther who built Whitehaven and its port, bought the property.

"William Wordsworth was born on 7 April 1770 in a fine Georgian house in Cockermouth, now called Wordsworth House. His father John was estate agent to Sir James Lowther, who owned the house. The garden at the back, with the River Derwent flowing past, was a place of magic and adventure for the young William.
William has an elder brother Richard, a younger sister Dorothy and two younger brothers John and Christopher"

More pictures of the house and the interior will be uploaded tomorrow.

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