Capo di Monte, Hampstead explained
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.[1] The house stands on the corner of Upper Terrace and Judge's Walk.[2]
The house dates to the late 18th century and has been considerably altered. It was in existence by 1762.[2] 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.[3] Mavis Norris, in The Book of Hampstead, describes the house as 'three cottages knocked into one'.[4] The house subsequently became known as Siddons Cottage. The secretary of the Athenaeum Club, a Mr. Macgrath, lived in the house after Siddons.[5]
The art historian and administrator Kenneth Clark and his family moved to Capo di Monte in 1941, having previously rented Upton House in Gloucestershire.[6] Stephen Spender and his wife Natasha regularly dined with the Clarks at the house during the war.[7] The Clarks moved from the house to nearby Upper Terrace House in 1946.[8] The house later became the residence of Marghanita Laski.[3]
The house was put up for sale for £6.9 million in 2020.[9]
A drawing of Capo di Monte by Frederick Charles Richards is in the collection of the Newport Museum in Newport, Wales.[10]
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Notes and References
- Book: Bernard Berenson. My Dear BB ...: The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Kenneth Clark, 1925-1959. 2015. Yale University Press. 978-0-300-20737-8. 256–.
- Web site: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9, Hampstead, Paddington. British History Online. Victoria County History. 1989. 26 June 2020.
- News: 'Owners of Hampstead's historic homes are damaging our heritage'. 14 May 2015. Ham & High. https://web.archive.org/web/20200629120347/https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/environment/owners-of-hampstead-s-historic-homes-are-damaging-our-heritage-1-4073526. 29 June 2020. 2020-06-29.
- Book: Mavis Norris. The Book of Hampstead. 1968. High Hill Press. 118. 9780900462009.
- Book: Frederick Ebenezer Baines. Records of the Manor, Parish, and Borough of Hampstead, in the County of London, to December 31st, 1889. 1890. Whittaker and Company. 116.
- Book: Ion Trewin. Alan Clark: The Biography. 14 September 2009. Orion. 978-0-297-85782-2. 47.
- Book: John Sutherland. Stephen Spender: A Literary Life. 6 January 2005. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-517816-6. 289–.
- Book: Robert Cumming. My Dear BB...: The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Kenneth Clark, 1925–1959. 16 June 2015. Yale University Press. 978-0-300-21606-6. 246–.
- Web site: Capo di Monte, Hampstead Village, NW3. Marcus Parfitt. https://web.archive.org/web/20200629123746/https://www.marcusparfitt.com/properties/510. 29 June 2020. 2020-06-29.
- Web site: Capo di Monte, Hampstead, London - Richards, Frederick Charles (R.E., A.R.C.A.). People's Collection Wales.
