Description

LACOCK CANTAX HILL ST 9168 (west side) 4/26 Cantax House and front garden wall 20.12.60 GV II*

House c1700, red brick with ashlar dressings and hipped stone slate roof. Corniced rear stacks. Two storeys and attic, formal 7- window front with centre 3 bays advanced and pedimented. Two gabled dormers. Rusticated quoins to centre and angles, coved eaves cornice. Twelve-pane sashes in raised moulded surrounds, centre 6-panel door in architrave with hood on scroll brackets. Keyed roundel in pediment. Rear centre gable and short wings each side. Interior: fielded panelled doors and shutters. Ground floor right room is fully panelled. Centre plain staircase with column balusters and bracketed treads. Attached to north east angle of house and extending to Town Bridge (q.v.) is coped red brick front wall with 2 ashlar panelled gate piers, corniced with large urn finials. South end of wall adjoining bridge is C20. House was the vicarage until 1866.

Listing NGR: ST9148668597

External Links

• Cantax House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17534115

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  For the Record
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)