London and Its Environs Described, vol. 2 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round ItAnonymous
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London and Its Environs Described, vol. 2 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round It
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London (England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; London (England) -- Gazetteers -- Early works to 1800
Near Cobham are several fine seats, particularly one belonging to
the Lord Ligonier, and another, the seat of Mr. Bridges, which is
built in a very singular taste, tho’ very plain on the outside,
somewhat after the manner of an Italian villa. The principal rooms
are richly ornamented; the ceilings are gilt; and the offices below
are not only convenient, but contrived with great judgment, so as to
answer the purposes for which they were designed. As the house is
situated on an eminence, it commands the prospect of the adjacent
fields, which are kept in great order. The river Mole passes along
by the side of the gardens, and being made here four or five times,
broader than it was naturally, it has a happy effect, especially as
the banks are disposed into a slope, with a broad grass walk,
planted on each side with sweet shrubs. At one end of this walk is a
very elegant room, which is a delightful retreat in hot weather, it
being shaded with large elms on the south side, and having the water
on the north and east sides, is extremely cool and pleasant. The
house is situated about half a mile from the public road to
Portsmouth, and is so much hid by the trees near it, as not to be
seen till you rise on the heath beyond Cobham, where you have a fine
view of it in several parts of the road between that town and
Ripley.
COCK _alley_, 1. Deadman’s place.* 2. East Smithfield.* 3. Fleet
lane.* 4. Green bank, Tooley street.* 5. Holiwell street,
Shoreditch.* 6. Ludgate street.* 7. Montague close.* 8. Moorgate.*
9. Near Pepper alley, Southwark.* 10. Norton Falgate.* 11. Portpool
lane.* 12. Shoreditch.* 13. Turnmill street.* 14. Wapping.* 15.
Whitechapel.* 16. Whitecross street, Cripplegate.*
COCK ALLEY _stairs_, near Pepper alley stairs, Southwark.*
COCK _court_, 1. Angel alley, Houndsditch.* 2. Black Boy alley, Chick
lane.* 3. Grub street, near Moorfields.* 4. Ludgate hill.* 5. St.
Martin’s le Grand.* 6. New street, Broad street.* 7. Philip lane,
London Wall.* 8. Poor Jewry lane.* 9. Snow hill.*
COCK AND BOTTLE _court_, near Nightingale lane.*
COCK AND HOOP _court_, Addle hill.*
COCK AND MAGPYE _court_, Hog lane, Norton Falgate.*
COCK AND WHEATSHEAF _court_, Houndsditch.*
COCK _hill_, 1. Anchor street. 2. Ratcliff.
COCK _lane_, 1. By Cock hill. 2. Near Falcon lane.* 3. Snow hill.* 4.
Swan fields, Shoreditch.*
COCK _yard_, 1. Bennet street, Westminster.* 2. East Smithfield.* 3.
Falconer’s alley, Cow Cross.* 4. In the Haymarket.* 5. Jacob’s
street.* 6. Parish street.* 7. Thacket’s court, Bishopsgate street.*
8. Tothill street.*
COCK AND HEART _yard_, in the Borough.*
COCK AND HOOP _yard_, 1. In the Borough.* 2. Castle street, Long
Acre.* 3. Houndsditch.*
COCKET _alley_, Fore street, Lambeth.
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