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Rydal Cottages, Rydal
Rydal Cottages
Ivy Cottage
locality:-   Rydal
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY36420616
1Km square:-   NY3606
10Km square:-   NY30
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010


photograph
BYX23.jpg (taken 30.7.2013)  

evidence:-   old print:- Green 1821
placename:-  Ivy Cottage
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Ivy Cottage, Rydal, by William Green, published at Ambleside, Westmorland, 1821.
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GN0219.jpg
Plate 19 in Thirty Six Etchings from Nature. 
printed at upper left:-  "19"
printed at bottom:-  "IVY COTTAGE, RYDAL. / Etched from Nature by William Green, and Published at Ambleside, May 1, 1821."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6638.19
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1821
placename:-  Ivy Cottage
item:-  pigeon holeschimney top
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Ivy Cottage, from the Road, Rydal, by William Green, published at Ambleside, Westmorland, 1821.
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GN0220.jpg
Plate 20 in Thirty Six Etchings from Nature. 
printed at upper left:-  "20"
printed at bottom:-  "IVY COTTAGE, from the ROAD. / Etched from Nature by William Green, and Published at Ambleside, May 1, 1821."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6638.20
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evidence:-   old drawing:- Green 1809 (plate 76) 
placename:-  Ivy House
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, Ivy House, Rydal, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, about 1809.
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PR1710.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : 2000.64
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1809
placename:-  Ivy House
item:-  barn
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Ivy House at Rydal, Westmorland, by William Green, published by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Paternoster Row, London, 1809.
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GN0376.jpg
Plate 76 in Seventy Eight Studies from Nature. 
printed in introductory pages to set of prints:-  "Number 76. The Ivy House at Rydal is a mile and a quarter from Ambleside, on the Keswick road. The Lakes of Rydal and Grasmere lie between the eye and the first range of mountains."
printed at bottom:-  "IVY HOUSE AT RYDAL / Published Ambleside, Augst. 1st. 1809, by W. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6637.76
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evidence:-   old drawing:- 
placename:-  Ivy Cottage
source data:-   Drawing, Ivy Cottage, Rydal, Westmorland, by William Havell, 1800s-10s.
image  click to enlarge
PR1399.jpg
View of Ivy Cottage, Rydal. Cottage on top of small hill, framed by trees with hills in background. One of a set of twenty views of the lake district executed by the artist on one sheet of paper. 
at bottom:-  "Ivy Cottage, Rydal"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 2009.89.43
Image © Tullie House Museum

evidence:-   old print:- Green 1822 (plate 18) 
placename:-  Ivy Cottage
source data:-   Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Ivy Cottage, Rydal, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1822.
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GN0818.jpg
Plate 18 in Forty Etchings from Nature. 
printed at bottom:-  "IVY COTTAGE, RYDAL. / Etched from Nature by William Green, &Published at Ambleside, Feby. 1, 1822."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6644.18
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Ivy Cottage
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
image FD01P041, button  goto source
Page 41:-  "... Ivy Cottage on the one side [of Rydal Mount], is the beautiful creation of the sportive genius of Dr. Tilbrooke, formerly a Fellow of Peter House."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Rydal Cottages
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"RYDAL COTTAGES / 1 AND 2 / / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 452644 / NY3642006166"

evidence:-   old print:- Green 1821
placename:-  Ivy Cottage
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Ivy Cottage, Rydal, by William Green, published at Ambleside, Westmorland, 1821.
image  click to enlarge
GN0219.jpg
Plate 19 in Thirty Six Etchings from Nature. 
printed at upper left:-  "19"
printed at bottom:-  "IVY COTTAGE, RYDAL. / Etched from Nature by William Green, and Published at Ambleside, May 1, 1821."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6638.19
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old print:- Green 1821
placename:-  Ivy Cottage
item:-  pigeon holeschimney top
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Ivy Cottage, from the Road, Rydal, by William Green, published at Ambleside, Westmorland, 1821.
image  click to enlarge
GN0220.jpg
Plate 20 in Thirty Six Etchings from Nature. 
printed at upper left:-  "20"
printed at bottom:-  "IVY COTTAGE, from the ROAD. / Etched from Nature by William Green, and Published at Ambleside, May 1, 1821."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6638.20
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old drawing:- Green 1809 (plate 76) 
placename:-  Ivy House
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, Ivy House, Rydal, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, about 1809.
image  click to enlarge
PR1710.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : 2000.64
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old print:- Green 1809
placename:-  Ivy House
item:-  barn
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Ivy House at Rydal, Westmorland, by William Green, published by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Paternoster Row, London, 1809.
image  click to enlarge
GN0376.jpg
Plate 76 in Seventy Eight Studies from Nature. 
printed in introductory pages to set of prints:-  "Number 76. The Ivy House at Rydal is a mile and a quarter from Ambleside, on the Keswick road. The Lakes of Rydal and Grasmere lie between the eye and the first range of mountains."
printed at bottom:-  "IVY HOUSE AT RYDAL / Published Ambleside, Augst. 1st. 1809, by W. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6637.76
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old drawing:- 
placename:-  Ivy Cottage
source data:-   Drawing, Ivy Cottage, Rydal, Westmorland, by William Havell, 1800s-10s.
image  click to enlarge
PR1399.jpg
View of Ivy Cottage, Rydal. Cottage on top of small hill, framed by trees with hills in background. One of a set of twenty views of the lake district executed by the artist on one sheet of paper. 
at bottom:-  "Ivy Cottage, Rydal"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 2009.89.43
Image © Tullie House Museum

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