Built / Designed For: J.A.K. Falconer
House & Family History: Mr. Falconer, who purchased the Calmsden Estate in 1914, originally engaged Guy Dawber to enlarge the existing T-shaped Cotswold farmhouse into a proper country house; however, these plans were never carried out. It wasn't until 1924 that the farmhouse was actually enlarged, this time to the plans of V.A. Lawson, who built a house in the Cotswold Tudor style, very likely incorporating many of Dawber's ideas.
Garden & Outbuildings: Calmsden was once part of the Rendcomb Park Estate.
Architect: Vincent Alexander Lawson
Date: 1924-25Architect: Edward Guy Dawber
Date: Circa 1914
Title: Country Houses of Gloucestershire: Volume Three, 1830-2000, The
Author: Kingsley, Nicholas; Hill, Michael
Year Published: 2001
Reference: pg. 273
Publisher: Sussex: Phillimore & Co. Ltd.
ISBN: 1860771203
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Not Listed
Park Listed: Not Listed
Current Seat / Home of: Mark and Jane Tufnell
Past Seat / Home of: J.A.K. Falconer, 1914-48. Eleanor Tufnell, 1948-69.
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: Limited Access to Grounds Only
Historic Houses Member: No