The Manor Houses of Lackham 1050-1949 2nd Ed

Houses of Lackham 2 nd ed 53
From this plan it is seen that the current Porch replaced the original oval
structure, seen on the 1838 Tithe map ( “a” on Fig. 19)
The OS map for 1886 shows the same arrangement of drives as today,
with the Front Drive running straight across the front (northern side) of
the House, and the Back Drive joining it immediately west of the front of
the House. There is a carriage pull-around, but whether there was a
hedge as there is today is unknown.
The OS maps clearly show the change in the floor plan of Lackham House
due to the 1899 building.
Fig. 38 Lackham House 1886, before the building work 66 **
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This map clears up a question that has been unanswered for some time –
was the fountain that is such a feature of the Top terrace today part of
the original gardens or bought in when the terraces were built. It is
impossible to say that it is the same fountain but a fountain is clearly
seen on the 1886 map. As the fountain now in place is stylistically even
earlier than that, indeed mid eighteenth century or earlier it is very
possible that it did come out of the gardens of the original house.
66 Reproduced by kind permission of Her Majesty‟s Stationery Office, Ordnance Survey