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...and Landscape Curiosities

BURRILL WITH COWLING,  North Riding

Dr Dodsworth's Spectacles                        SE 237 878   

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Dr Dodsworth's Spectacles

The Rev Dr Dodsworth was the local vicar in the early 19th century and had a pair of arched windows 'Placed on top of a gateway so that they could just be seen over the brow of the hill'. 



 


Date taken: 2008

 

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Mock Ruin                                                           SE 237 876 

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In the garden of Cowling Hall is a mock ruin with a doorway and window made from recycled masonry.

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​Date taken: 2008
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