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| Ann Tyson's Cottage, Hawkshead | ||
| Ann Tyson's Cottage | ||
| Dame Tyson's Cottage | ||
| Street:- | Wordsworth Street | |
| locality:- | Hawkshead | |
| civil parish:- | Hawkshead (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | SD35169817 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD3598 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD39 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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 BZI58.jpg (taken 20.9.2013)  BZI60.jpg Firemark, Sun Fire Office (not visible on early photos). (taken 20.9.2013) |
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| evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s item:- steps; chimney |
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| source data:- | Photograph, black and white, Ann Tyson's Cottage, Hawkshead, Lancashire, by Herbert
Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s. click to enlargeHB0585.jpg internegative at lower right:- "H. Bell" stamped on reverse:- "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE" item:- Armitt Library : ALPS245 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Goodwin 1887 (edn 1890) placename:- Dame Tyson's Cottage |
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| source data:- | Print, etching? Dame Tysons Cottage, Hawkshead, Lancashire, by Harry Goodwin, published
by Swan Sonnenschein and Co, Paternoster Square, London, 1890. click to enlargePR1574.jpg Tipped in opposite p.12 of Through the Wordsworth Country, by William Knight. printed at lower right:- "Dame Tysons Cottage" item:- JandMN : 382.4 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Pearson 1900s placename:- Wordsworth's Cottage |
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| source data:- | Print, halftone photograph, Wordsworth's Cottage, presumably Ann Tyson's Cottage,
Hawkshead, Lancashire, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s. click to enlargePS1E36.jpg On p.93 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts. printed at bottom:- "WORDSWORTH'S COTTAGE, HAWKSHEAD. (p.92)." item:- Armitt Library : A1188.43 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Ann Tyson's Cottage |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "ANNE TYSON'S COTTAGE / / WORDSWORTH STREET / HAWKSHEAD / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 76875 / SD3516998175" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "House. Probably C17. Roughcast with slate roof. 2 storeys, 5 bays, the end bays projecting as gabled wings. Slate dripcourse to central 3 bays. Ground floor has sashed windows with glazing bars to 3rd and 4th bays. 1st floor has casement windows with iron opening lights. 1st bay has steps to 1st floor terrace to return supported on round stone rubble pier, ground floor entrances and 1st floor window with small-paned casement and glazed door. Entrance between 3rd and 4th bays has trellis porch and part-glazed 6-panel door. 5th bay has casement windows, that to 1st floor with iron opening light; left return has small 1st floor window; right return has casement and half-glazed entrance. Cross-axial stack; 1st bay has gable-end stack. 5th bay has projecting return lateral stack with set offs, and cross-axial stack. Interior not inspected, but said to have timber partitions etc. William Wordsworth is believed to have lodged here while attending Hawkshead Grammar School (q.v.). 1st bay wing used as chapel until 1862." |
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 BZI61.jpg (taken 20.9.2013)  BZI59.jpg Plaque; but don't automatically believe it. (taken 20.9.2013) |
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| hearsay:- |
Investigations begun by Beatrix Potter indicate that the Tysons moved from Hawkshead
about 1773, to Colthouse. William Wordsworth did NOT lodge here, but in Colthouse. |
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