. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISIORV OF LANCASHIRE. PABtEii of Alkln- cotts. f'ert J chivrmi At.'uf.'i three itags' he^Js ijhosheJ :r. compiiiiticTi fiT declining >; It "i^ after.'...rJs acnuired by the Parkers of l!, and occupied bv Ro; crt Parker (d. 171+), a younger son of Thomas I'ar^-r, and his de- scendant 1. was there in 1 ^01. ' It is now the property of Colonel John William Robinson Parker. JLKISCOTES, standing on high ground in a park-like incl'ji-re to the west of Colne, 13 an interesting house of th
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISIORV OF LANCASHIRE. PABtEii of Alkln- cotts. f'ert J chivrmi At.'uf.'i three itags' he^Js ijhosheJ :r. compiiiiticTi fiT declining >; It "i^ after.'...rJs acnuired by the Parkers of l!, and occupied bv Ro; crt Parker (d. 171+), a younger son of Thomas I'ar^-r, and his de- scendant 1. was there in 1 ^01. ' It is now the property of Colonel John William Robinson Parker. JLKISCOTES, standing on high ground in a park-like incl'ji-re to the west of Colne, 13 an interesting house of three stories, built of dressed grit- stone apparently in the latter half of the l6th century, but altered in the 18th, and adied to in !ater times. The principal , which faces south, is about 64. ft. in length, and is distinguished by a central pro- jecting porch I arricd up the full height of the building and by live picturesque and equally ^paced stone gables surmounted by finials. The upper of the build- ing retains all its charaacr^stics, the original four-litht mullioned windovvs with the two centre lights raised, the stepped hood moulds and the boldly projecting gart;oylc^ being still ir. position in the gable , but the I' of the house ^ to have been wholly refaccd below in the l>th center;., when all the mullioned ucrc apparently removed, the pr^cnt plain tall sash windows inserted and the ; rch rcmodL-llcd in the classic fashion of the time. The windows retain their thick wood bars, and the cti'cc: of the whole, though exceedingly plain and unrelieved by string course or moulding except in the top f. r. and the porch, is nevertheless or,e of dignit\- and some picturesqueness. The end walls, which are of rough stone, show the old built-up windows but liter sash windc>\\s have been inserted also. The rouK are covered v. ith stone slates. The north-ca-t wing is also of three stories and of the same date and
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