How big is the house in Sutton Place?
Sutton is clearly a house with a message to proclaim, which would not have been, could not have been, missed by its visitors. The house is built of red brick and was originally of four blocks enclosing a quadrangle exactly 81 ft. 3 ins. square.
Who is the owner of Sutton Place Surrey?
Front doorway to Sutton Place, in shape of Tudor arch, imaginary Tudor scene by Nash, c. 1840. Sutton Place, 3 miles north-east of Guildford in Surrey, is a Grade I listed Tudor manor house built c. 1525 by Sir Richard Weston (d. 1541), courtier of Henry VIII.
When did the Weston family sell Sutton Place?
Witham had never held vacant possession of Sutton Place and sold it on the expiry of the Northcliffe tenancy in 1918. His wife Louise lived on until 1945. In July 1945, the voluminous Weston family estate papers were presented to Surrey Archives by Mrs D Wolseley of Guildford.
Where was Sutton Manor located in the Domesday Book?
Sutton Manor, within which the Tudor mansion is situated, appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Sudtone. It was held by Robert Malet. Its Domesday assets were: 3 hides; 1 mill worth 5s, 3 ploughs, 20 acres (81,000 m 2) of meadow, woodland worth 25 hogs. It rendered £5.
Sutton is clearly a house with a message to proclaim, which would not have been, could not have been, missed by its visitors. The house is built of red brick and was originally of four blocks enclosing a quadrangle exactly 81 ft. 3 ins. square.
Front doorway to Sutton Place, in shape of Tudor arch, imaginary Tudor scene by Nash, c. 1840. Sutton Place, 3 miles north-east of Guildford in Surrey, is a Grade I listed Tudor manor house built c. 1525 by Sir Richard Weston (d. 1541), courtier of Henry VIII.
Witham had never held vacant possession of Sutton Place and sold it on the expiry of the Northcliffe tenancy in 1918. His wife Louise lived on until 1945. In July 1945, the voluminous Weston family estate papers were presented to Surrey Archives by Mrs D Wolseley of Guildford.
What kind of stone was used in Sutton Place?
With very minor exceptions, no stone was used in the building and decoration of Sutton Place, only brick and terracotta. Thus, the bases, doorways, windows, string-courses, labels and other dripstones, parapet, angles, cornices, and finials are all of moulded clay.
