What: | Vicarage for St Matthew's church Cainscross |
Where: | Cashes Green Road |
Then: | Built in 1929 as a private house (named 'Enfield') by Thomas Falconer. |
Now: | Demolished and replaced with houses |
Stonehouse brick, the tall recessed centre was flanked by projections containing the kitchen and garage. Above the central door was a stone carving showing a galleon bound for India. The house was sold to the Church of England in 1955, for use as a vicarage.The original vicarage stood next to St. Matthew's church, and is now Cotswold House Care Home. In the late 1950s it was an animation studio, making such animated films as the Popeye series and Asterix.
It was demolished in 2007
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