Whitehall (Sutton)
Whitehall in Cheam
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| Location | 1 Malden Road, Cheam, London Borough of Sutton |
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| Type | Historic house museum |
| Public transit access | Cheam railway station |
| Website | London Borough of Sutton website |
Whitehall is a Tudor period, timber-framed, Grade II* listed[1] historic house museum in the centre of Cheam Village, Sutton, Greater London built around 1500. Thought to have been a wattle and daub yeoman farmer's house originally, it has been much extended. The external weatherboarded appearance dates from the 18th century.
Features
The house contains details from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian eras. The rooms include the hall, the parlour (thought to have once been the original kitchen), the lower kitchen, the porch room, the Roy Smith art gallery (once a wash room or scullery), the Harriet Killick dressing room and the bedroom. One room has a display about Nonsuch Palace, built nearby by King Henry VIII and pulled down in the 1680s. In the garden there is a medieval well which served an earlier building on the site.[2]
History
It is said once to have been called "The Council House," owing to its use by Queen Elizabeth I for holding an impromptu council meeting for signing papers while on a hunting expedition from Nonsuch Palace.[3]
Ownership
It is believed that it was the residence of the merchant, lawyer and philosopher James Boevey (1622-1696), from c. 1670 to his death.[4] It was later the home of the Killick family, who remained there for more than two centuries from 1741 to 1963, when it was bought by the borough. Following restoration, it was opened to the public as a historic building in 1978, and is run by the London Borough of Sutton and the Friends of Whitehall.[3]
The museum closed in 2016 to allow for a £1.6m refurbishment of the building. It is intended to reopen in 2017 with improved facilities. Cllr Jill Whitehead, chair of the council’s environment and neighbourhood committee, said: “The redevelopment of the Whitehall Museum is of major significance to the borough as it is one of our oldest and most historic buildings. When the redevelopment is completed in 2017, Whitehall Museum will be the historical hub of our borough, attracting more and more people to spend time and money and learn more about our heritage.”[5]
References
- ↑ English Heritage
- ↑ Britain Express
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- ↑ Crawley-Boevey, A.W.C., The Perverse Widow, Being Passages from the Life of Catharina, Wife of William Boevey, 1898. Biography of James Boevey, pp.24-38
- ↑ Sutton Guardian 7 April 2016
External links
- Whitehall - official site at London Borough of Sutton
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- Historic house museums in London
- Museums in Sutton (London borough)
- Grade II* listed buildings in London
- Country houses in London
- Listed buildings in the London Borough of Sutton
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