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Allan Bank

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Allan Bank is a Grade II listed two story villa near the village of Grasmere in the Lake District of Cumbria, England, built in 1805 by Liverpool lawyer John Gregory Crump and rebuilt after a partial collapse in 1806. Its bleakly Italianate design, with scored stucco facing and a slate roof, was criticized in its own time as large but not handsome, yet the house is best known as the home William Wordsworth rented from 1808 to 1811, when it also hosted Dorothy Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Thomas De Quincey and Thomas Arnold. National Trust co-founder Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley bought the house in 1915 and left it to the Trust on his death in 1920, and the Trust opened it to the public in March 2012 after an extensive restoration. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Villa 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Lakes, United Kingdom 3
Completed Year
1805 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Villa 2
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Has Building Type

Villa, Concepts

In Style

Italianate Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Allan Bank (Wikipedia)

Uses Element

Slate, Architectural Materials
Source Allan Bank (Wikipedia)
Stucco, Architectural Materials
Source Allan Bank (Wikipedia)
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Located In

United Kingdom

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Sources
1. Allan Bank (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Bank, lead definition
    Allan Bank is a grade II listed two-storey villa standing on high ground slightly to the west of Grasmere village in the heart of the Lake District.
  • Construction
    It was originally built by a Liverpool lawyer, John Gregory Crump, in 1805, and on its partial collapse the following year was rebuilt by him.
  • Infobox: built
    1805
  • Uses Element: Stucco, Wikipedia article
    Allan Bank is designed in a "bleakly Italianate" style according to Pevsner, faced with scored stucco and roofed with slate; it has been described as "large, though not handsome".
  • Uses Element: Slate, Wikipedia article
    Allan Bank is designed in a "bleakly Italianate" style according to Pevsner, faced with scored stucco and roofed with slate; it has been described as "large, though not handsome".
  • In Style: Italianate Architecture, Wikipedia article
    Allan Bank is designed in a "bleakly Italianate" style according to Pevsner, faced with scored stucco and roofed with slate; it has been described as "large, though not handsome".
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2. Allan Bank (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Villa)
Quote, Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Villa)
Wikidata item Q26561893, instance of (P31): villa
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3. Allan Bank (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Lakes, United Kingdom
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Lakes, United Kingdom
Wikidata item Q26561893, property P131/P17 (location): Lakes, United Kingdom
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