The Manor Houses of Lackham 1050-1949 2nd Ed

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Fig 10 Old Lackham House and its environs (tentative) **
Andrews and Drury‟s map (Fig. 9) shows a sharp, right-angled turn out of
the avenue to the south, but this would have been a very awkward turn
indeed for horse-drawn carriages 32 . Talbot‟s map, (Fig. 8) however,
indicates that the drive turned slightly north-east, so that it entered the
avenue at a much shallower angle.
Fig. 10 is a speculative plan of the house and gardens. There is evidence
that the eastern garden did not extend completely across the width of the
house and that the area south of this garden might have been a courtyard
area. This would fit with the layout seen on the late seventeenth century
floor plan (Fig. 7). There might be archaeological evidence to support this,
as what looked to be a courtyard area was found in approximately the
correct location during the 1992 dig, but until the exact locations of the
excavations have been fixed onto the floor plan this is not certain.
32 Thomson, L pers. Comm.