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Wordsworth House is aGeorgiantownhouse situated inCockermouth,Cumbria, England, and in the ownership of theNational Trust. It was built in the mid-18th century.William Wordsworth was born in the house in 1770. The house is a Grade Ilisted building. It is open to the public as awriter's house museum from March to October each year.
The house was built in 1745 forJoshua Lucock who was then theHigh Sheriff of Cumberland. It was sold in 1761 toJames Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale, who allowed his agent John Wordsworth and Anne Cookson to live there rent free, whereWilliam Wordsworth,Dorothy Wordsworth, and their brothers Richard, John, andChristopher Wordsworth were born. Wordsworth lived there until his mother died in 1778, when he was about eight years old. After his father died in 1783, the house was emptied. It remained a private property until the 1930s, when it was sold to a local bus company who intended to demolish it and build a bus station.[1][2]
After a national campaign, the building was purchased and donated to theNational Trust in 1938.[1] Wordsworth House was designated a Grade Ilisted building on 28 August 1951.[3] In November 2009, Cumbria washit by flooding. Wordsworth House was one of many historic houses in the region to be affected by the floods, but was relatively lucky in that volunteers were able to move many of the historical artefacts to the dry floors of the house.[4]
The building is located at Main Street,Cockermouth. It was built in 1745, made of stone, with stonequoins. The door hasdoric columns either side, There is a small garden to the front.[3]
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