Estate of Santo António (Cascais)
| Estate of Santo António (Quinta de Santo António) | |
| Estate of the English, Palace of Quinta Nova | |
| Estate (Quinta) | |
| Official name: Palácio da Quinta Nova/Quinta de Santo António/Quinta dos Ingleses | |
| Named for: Bragança | |
| Country |  Portugal |
|---|---|
| Region | Lisbon |
| Subregion | Greater Lisbon |
| District | Lisbon |
| Municipality | Cascais |
| Location | Carcavelos e Parede |
| - coordinates | 38°41′4.9″N 9°20′10.6″W / 38.684694°N 9.336278°WCoordinates: 38°41′4.9″N 9°20′10.6″W / 38.684694°N 9.336278°W |
| Architects | José Francisco da Cruz |
| Styles | Roccoco, Pombaline |
| Materials | Mixed masonry, Granite, Stucco, Ironwork, Wood |
| Origin | 1364 |
| - Initiated | 1760 |
| Owner | Portuguese Republic |
| For public | Public |
| Easiest access | Avenida General Eduardo Galhardo; Avenida Jorge V |
| Management | Instituto Gestão do Patrimonio Arquitectónico e Arqueológico |
| Status |
Group of Municipal Interest Conjunto de Interesse Municipal |
The Estate of Santo António (Portuguese: Palácio da Quinta Nova/Quinta de Santo António/Quinta dos Ingleses) is a well-preserved Roccocco and Pombeline estate and residence in the civil parish of Carcavelos e Parede, in the municipality of Cascais, Portuguese district of Aveiro.
The oldest reference to the site is associated with municipality of Cascais, before 1364, then known as Quinta da Ordem (the Estate of the Order), pertaining to the Hospital e Gafaria do Santo Espírito de Sintra (Sintra Hospital and Leper Colony of Santo Espírito). Following the 16th century, the annual pension was of the estate was paid to the Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Sintra, then Cascais. It was through contributions from its diverse renters that the estate was expanded: by the end of the 16th and early 17th century, the estate of Santo António included 62 hectares.
In the 1760s, a few terrains were acquired to build a summer residence for José Francisco da Cruz (then treasurer to King D. José I), from the Majorat of Alagoa. It was an ample property, then known as the Quinta Nova de Santo António (New Estate of Saint Anthony).
In 1870, it was acquired by the English firm Falmouth, Malta & Gibraltar (later referred to as the Eastern Telegraph Co. and, finally, the Cable and Wireless Co.), who began work on the palace, with the intent of adapting it to serve as a local headquarters. But, within seven years, there was a fire that partly destroyed the eastern wing of the palace.
Part of the land was ceded in 1888, to be used for the construction of the Lisbon-Cascais railway line.
Similarly, another portion of the lands were offered by the Telegraph Co. as a gift in 1902, to Queen D. Amélia, so that the road linking it to the sanitorium could be enlarged.
In 1923, an annex building was constructed to the east of the palace, destined to function as a hospital for onsite workers of the Telegraph company.
More land was transferred in 1936 to enlarge Avenida Jorge V (in honour of the British monarch's Silver Jubilee). More land along the beach was also expropriated three years later to expand the coastal roadway. Urbanization has resulted in a negative transformation of the classified group, that included a drastic reduction in the greenspace of Carcavelos. In the same year, the St. Julian's Association created a school (linked to the British Consulate) occupied some of the space in the palace, following the reduction in staff at the Cable and Wireless Co. to 9 employees. In addition, St. Julian's possessed a minimum percentage of the lands around the palace, which were later transferred to a real estate agency.
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