Capo di Monte, Hampstead

Capo di Monte in June 2021

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][2] The house stands on the corner of Upper Terrace and Judge's Walk.[3]

The house dates to the late 18th century and has been considerably altered.[1] It was in existence by 1762.[3] 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.[1][4] Mavis Norris, in The Book of Hampstead, describes the house as 'three cottages knocked into one'.[5] The house subsequently became known as Siddons Cottage. The secretary of the Athenaeum Club, a Mr. Macgrath, lived in the house after Siddons.[6]

The art historian and administrator Kenneth Clark and his family moved to Capo di Monte in 1941, having previously rented Upton House in Gloucestershire.[7] Stephen Spender and his wife Natasha regularly dined with the Clarks at the house during the war.[8] The Clarks moved from the house to nearby Upper Terrace House in 1946.[9] The house later became the residence of Marghanita Laski.[4]

The house was put up for sale for £6.9 million in 2020.[10]

A drawing of Capo di Monte by Frederick Charles Richards is in the collection of the Newport Museum in Newport, Wales.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c Historic England, "Capo Di Monte (1379199)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 June 2020
  2. ^ Bernard Berenson (2015). My Dear BB ...: The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Kenneth Clark, 1925-1959. Yale University Press. pp. 256–. ISBN 978-0-300-20737-8.
  3. ^ a b "A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9, Hampstead, Paddington. British History Online". Victoria County History. 1989. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b "'Owners of Hampstead's historic homes are damaging our heritage'". Ham & High. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  5. ^ Mavis Norris (1968). The Book of Hampstead. High Hill Press. p. 118. ISBN 9780900462009.
  6. ^ Frederick Ebenezer Baines (1890). Records of the Manor, Parish, and Borough of Hampstead, in the County of London, to December 31st, 1889. Whittaker and Company. p. 116.
  7. ^ Ion Trewin (14 September 2009). Alan Clark: The Biography. Orion. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-297-85782-2.
  8. ^ John Sutherland (6 January 2005). Stephen Spender: A Literary Life. Oxford University Press. pp. 289–. ISBN 978-0-19-517816-6.
  9. ^ Robert Cumming (16 June 2015). My Dear BB...: The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Kenneth Clark, 1925–1959. Yale University Press. pp. 246–. ISBN 978-0-300-21606-6.
  10. ^ "Capo di Monte, Hampstead Village, NW3". Marcus Parfitt. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Capo di Monte, Hampstead, London - Richards, Frederick Charles (R.E., A.R.C.A.)". People's Collection Wales.

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