Cole Green Park

Cole Green, near Welwyn Garden City

Hertfordshire

England

Circa Date: 1704, possibly incorporating earlier elements, w/18th century alterations

Status: Destroyed

Demolished 1801

House Open to Public: No

Country House: Yes

Built / Designed For: William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, first lord high chancellor of Great Britain.

House Replaced By: It appears that Panshanger Park [qv] replaced Cole Green Park as the Cowper family seat.
Architect: John Deane

Date of Birth: ?
Date of Death: ?
Nationality: English
Notes: Late 17th-early 18th century builder and architect.

Date: Circa 1704
Designed: House for William Cowper
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Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - HARDBACK
Author: Colvin, Howard
Year Published: 2008
Reference: pg. 305
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300125085
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Demolished

Park Listed: Destroyed
Past Seat / Home of: William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, 1707-23; William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper, 1723-64; George Nassau Clavering-Cowper, 3rd Earl Cowper, 1764-89; George Augustus Clavering-Cowper, 4th Earl Cowper, 1789-99; Peter Leopold Louis Francis Nassau Clavering-Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper, 1799-1801.

Current Ownership Type: Demolished

Primary Current Ownership Use: Demolished
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No

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