Cockerham Vicarage

Cockerham Vicarage
Location within the City of Lancaster district
General information
Location Cockerham, Lancashire
Country England
Coordinates 53°57′51″N 2°49′05″W / 53.9641°N 2.8180°WCoordinates: 53°57′51″N 2°49′05″W / 53.9641°N 2.8180°W
Opening 1843
Technical details
Material Squared sandstone with steep slate roofs
Floor count 3
Design and construction
Architect Edmund Sharpe
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name The Old Rectory
Designated 07 March 1985
Reference no. 1071797

Cockerham Vicarage is in Rectory Road, Cockerham, Lancashire, England. Originally a vicarage, it was later used as a nursing home. The vicarage is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[1] It was built in 1843 for its incumbent, Revd John Dodson, and designed by the Lancaster architect Edmund Sharpe.[2][3] It is constructed in sandstone with slate roofs.[1] The building is in three storeys, with tall chimneys and steeply pitched gables. The doorway has a Tudor arch, and above it is a shield carved with an open Bible inscribed "ROM V" (meaning Romans, chapter 5), and a wreath inscribed with "LUCERNA PEDIBUS" (meaning "A lantern to my feet"). There is also a date stone inscribed "I.D.1843".[2]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Historic England. "15 and 16, Rectory Gardens, Cockerham (1071797)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Hughes, John M. (2010), Edmund Sharpe: Man of Lancaster, John M. Hughes, p. 227
  3. Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, pp. 41, 212, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8