Monument record SBN 064 - Tendring Hall

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Summary

Tendring Hall (site of).

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 9920 3572 (65m by 68m) Centred on
Map sheet TL93NE
Civil Parish STOKE-BY-NAYLAND, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Tendring Hall (site of). Built 1784 by Sir John Soane (S1) for the Rowley family. House demolished in 1955, was built of white brick, 7 bays, 2 storeys with a pediment, lower wings and a bow to the garden (S2). An earlier house was built by Sir John Williams (d.1743), for in 1764 it is recorded that he `built here a noble seat, which by purchase is now become the property of Admiral Sir William Rowley' (S3). Sir John's `fine seat' here is referred to in 1735 (S4).
See details in Lost Country Houses of Suffolk by WM Roberts.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <S1> Bibliographic reference: Pevsner N & Radcliffe E. 1974. The Buildings of England: Suffolk. Pevsner N & Radcliffe E, Buildings of England - Suffolk.
  • <S2> (No record type): Kenwothy-Browne, J.. Kenworthy-Browne J et al, Burke's and Savill's Guide to Country Houses - III E Anglia, 1981, 265.
  • <S3> (No record type): Canning R (ed), J Kirby, The Suffolk Traveller (2nd ed) 1764, 266.
  • <S4> (No record type): Kirby, J.. Kirby J, The Suffolk Traveller, 1735, 96.
  • <S5> Bibliographic reference: Roberts, W.M.. 2010. Lost Country Houses Of Suffolk.

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Record last edited

Jun 10 2010 9:29AM

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