sentences:  Cannons was the short-lived house of James Brydges, Duke of Chandos, where Handel had been house composer 1717–1719.While Handel was at Cannons the ducal chapel was still being constructed, but Brydges had already rebuilt the local parish church, St Lawrence, Whitchurch, to his baroque taste.Here Handel's church music was performed, the "Chandos Te Deum" and the "Chandos Anthems".