Adam House, Calne

This house is adjacent to the corner of Horsebrook, off The Green in Calne, and was so named because John and Robert Adam had connections with the house, Robert having been said to live there around 1770, when he was working on Bowood House. Adam House was also known as Pineapple House, because of the four stone pineapples adorning the facade. It was originally timber framed but was refaced with stone in 1750.

In the 1990s I used to visit some friends of mine who lived there, though I had not met them when I took this picture.

(Taken with a Pentax ME, on Kodacolor Gold 100 print film, scanned on a printer-copier-scanner from a BonusFilm Express 6x4 print)

L.
10.2.2013

House. C17, refronted c1740, some C19 and C20 interior and rear additions. Limestone ashlar front, coursed rubblestone to the rear, stone slate roof with coped gables and moulded stacks to gable ends. L-shaped plan with central stairhall plan to front block and older rear left wing. 2 storeys with attic and basement; symmetrical 5-window range. Pilaster strips to quoins, cornice and parapet ramped up in centre with pineapple finials; ground-floor cill string; paired 6/6-pane sash windows in raised architraves flank a Venetian window over the 6-panel door. This, flanked by C19 leaded stained-glass windows, is set in a moulded architrave, all under a bracketed pediment. - LBO

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