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Capo di Monte, Hampstead

Grade II listed houses in the London Borough of CamdenHouses completed in the 18th centuryHouses in Hampstead
Capo di Monte, Judge’s Walk, Hampstead, June 2021 01
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Capo di Monte at 3 Judges's Walk on Windmill Hill is a house in Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden. It is listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England. The house stands on the corner of Upper Terrace and Judge's Walk.The house dates to the late 18th century and has been considerably altered. It was in existence by 1762. It is rendered in stucco with weatherboard extensions to the rear. It is 2 storeys with a basement. The actress Sarah Siddons stayed at the house from 1804 to 1805, an "S" above the door commemorates her residence. Mavis Norris, in The Book of Hampstead, describes the house as 'three cottages knocked into one'. The house subsequently became known as Siddons Cottage. The secretary of the Athenaeum Club, a Mr. Macgrath, lived in the house after Siddons.The art historian and administrator Kenneth Clark and his family moved to Capo di Monte in 1941, having previously rented Upton House in Gloucestershire. Stephen Spender and his wife Natasha regularly dined with the Clarks at the house during the war. The Clarks moved from the house to nearby Upper Terrace House in 1946. The house later became the residence of Marghanita Laski.The house was put up for sale for £6.9 million in 2020.A drawing of Capo di Monte by Frederick Charles Richards is in the collection of the Newport Museum in Newport, Wales.

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Capo di Monte, Hampstead
Windmill Hill, London West Hampstead (London Borough of Camden)

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Capo Di Monte

Windmill Hill
NW3 6RL London, West Hampstead (London Borough of Camden)
England, United Kingdom
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Upper Terrace House
Upper Terrace House

Upper Terrace House is a house in Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden. It has been listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE) since March 1997.Upper Terrace House dates to the 1740s when it was a terrace of three houses, it was remodelled into a single residence between 1931 and 1932 by Oliver Hill. The NHLE listing describes Hill's remodelling of the facade of the house as demonstrating "how thin was the divide between stripped classicism and full-blown modernism in his work at this time, despite Vogue Regency detailing and the importation of genuine C18 elements to the interior". Additional expansion occurred between 1937 and 1938 by James Forbes of Forbes and Tate. Hill's remodelling was carried out for the amateur architect Colonel Reggie Cooper and his wife. The house was the subject of the main article in the 4 June 1932 issue of Country Life, which included extensive photographs of the interior and exterior.The art historian and administrator Kenneth Clark and his family moved to the house in 1946 having previously lived at nearby Capo Di Monte on Judge's Walk.A watercolour of Upper Terrace House by Hugh Casson sold at auction at Christie's in 2005. The sculptor Henry Moore displayed his maquettes for his Madonna & Child at St Matthew's Church, Northampton on the mantelpiece of Upper Terrace House to Clark and Herbert Read so they could give their opinion on his progress towards the finished piece.Clark's lifelong friend Colin Anderson moved to nearby Admiral's House at the same time that Clark bought Upper Terrace House.