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29th January 2006
Standing at the junction of St Michaels
Road with St Michaels Church Road. (This view of Carfax is taken from St Michaels Road, the address is actually in St Michaels Church Road. This was originally called 'The Nunnery'
but has had its name changed since Cragg's time 'Carfax' is said to be a corruption
of 'Carrefour' french for 'crossroads'. The style clearly marks thisout as one
of Cragg's houses and I gather that the internal fittings of cast iron have
much in common with those of the church andother houses. Christopher Kerr of
the St Michaels Hamlet Society lists door and window frames, fireplace and a
cast iron spiral staircase, an exact replica of the one in the church tower.
The small structure (?a
coach
house) in the garden, here seen under
renovation, is clearly visible on the 1905 map. The house seems to correspond
more closely to its original state now than in 1984 when C. Kerr noted external
pebbledash and altered windows on St Michaels Road side.
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Carfax
(The Nunnery)