Wordsworth House, Cockermouth

Wordsworth House, Cockermouth in Cumbria.
This fine house, built in 1745, was the birthplace and childhood home of the poet William Wordsworth during the 1770s. William's father had worked as agent for the owner of the house, Sir James Lowther of Whitehaven, and the Wordsworth family were allowed to occupy it rent-free. Grade 1 Listed.