Wordsworth House and Garden

The house was built in 1745 for Joshua Lucock who was then the High Sheriff of Cumberland. It was sold in 1761 to James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale, who allowed his agent John Wordsworth and Anne Cookson to live there rent free, where William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth, and their brothers Richard, John, and Christopher 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. After a national campaign, the building was purchased and donated…

The building is located at Main Street, Cockermouth. It was built in 1745, made of stone, with stone quoins. The door has doric columns either side, There is a small garden to the front.