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== Notable buildings and structures == Most of the surviving houses in the village are 18th century or earlier in construction. Lacock Abbey, the 14th-century [[St Cyriac's Church, Lacock|St Cyriac's Church]] and a 14th-century [[tithe barn]]<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1198376|desc=Tithe Barn at Manor Farm|access-date=11 December 2017}}</ref> are [[Listed building#Categories of listed building|Grade I listed]]. Elsewhere in the parish, the [[English country house|country houses]] at [[Bewley Common|Bewley Court]] (14th century, restored 1920)<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1363958|desc=Bewley Court|access-date=11 December 2017|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> and [[Bowden Park]] (1796)<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1022132|desc=Bowden Park|access-date=11 December 2017|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> are also Grade I listed. [[File:The Church of St Cyriac.tif|thumb|left|Church of St Cyriac, Lacock was established in the late 11th century]] There are four Grade II* listed structures: The Sign of the Angel (late 15th-century house, now an inn);<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1198180|desc=The Sign of the Angel|access-date=11 December 2017|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> a village cross (late medieval, re-erected outside the school in the late 19th century);<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1363937|desc=Village Cross|access-date=11 December 2017|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> a pair of bridges carrying the Bowden Hill road over the Avon (late medieval, 17th and 19th century);<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1022127|desc=Lacock Bridge|access-date=11 December 2017|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> and a 16th-century [[Aqueduct (water supply)|conduit house]], part of the abbey's water supply, opposite Bowden Hill church.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1363959|desc=The Conduit House|access-date=11 December 2017|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> Next to the tithe barn is a small [[Village lock-up|lock-up]] from the late 18th century.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1022162|desc=The Lock Up|access-date=11 December 2017|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> [[Ray Mill House]], north of the village on the left bank of the Avon beyond Reybridge, is a country house built in [[Italianate architecture|Italianate]] style around 1860.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1198630|desc=Rey Mill House|access-date=23 January 2024|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> Since 1996 it has been a residence of Camilla Parker Bowles, later [[Queen Camilla]].<ref name="Gavaghan">{{cite news |last1=Gavaghan |first1=Beth |date=22 September 2022 |title=Camilla's Wiltshire mansion: will she keep hold of it? |url=https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/22315312.camillas-wiltshire-mansion-will-keep-hold/ |access-date=22 January 2024 |work=Wiltshire Times}}</ref> Further north and also overlooking the Avon, Lackham House was built in 1791β1796 for [[James Montagu (Royal Navy officer)|James Montagu]], naval officer. It is a three-storey country house in [[Palladian architecture|Palladian]] style.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1363942|desc=Lackham House|access-date=18 December 2017|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> {{clear}}
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