The Manor Houses of Lackham 1050-1949 2nd Ed

Houses of Lackham 2 nd ed 42
Fig. 29 Detail from 1864 map **
The farm drive from Home Farm westwards followed its current line,
going due south to the Reybridge road at its southern end, rather than
following the line of the stream as seen in all the earlier maps.
There were three major changes, the first being the appearance of the
Back Drive as it is seen today. This was an entirely new drive but following
the line of the old footpath from the house to the Reybridge as seen in
Talbot‟s map of 1764 (Fig. 8) and the construction of the Ornamental
(Back) Lodge
The date of the building of the Ornamental Lodge at the end of the Back
Drive is uncertain. The County Buildings Record shows it as 1833 but this
is probably based on architectural style. The Lodge is a typical
"picturesque pattern book" lodge with tufa walls and these are common in
the third decade of the nineteenth century. The 1864 catalogue
described it as being “of ornamental character built of rough stone with
freestone dressings veranda &c containing 4 rooms” 59 .
The 1856 map does not show a building at this location (this part of the
estate is not visible in Fig. 28 but is included on the full map held in
W&SHC) but the lodge is clearly visible in 1864. This puts the date of its
construction between these two years.
59 W&SHC 173/61 Catalogue for the sale of The Lackham estate in the county of Wilts
1864