Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Map of Lost Country Houses in Suffolk
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Glossary of Architectural Terms
- Introduction: The Social and Economic Background
- Country House Losses in Suffolk – An Overview
- Acton Place Demolished 1825 and 1960
- Assington Hall Destroyed by Fire 1957
- Barking Hall Demolished 1926
- Barton Hall Destroyed by Fire 1914
- Boulge Hall Demolished 1955
- Bramford Hall Demolished 1956
- Branches Park Demolished 1957
- Bredfield House Demolished 1950
- Brome Hall Demolished c. 1958
- Campsea Ashe High House Demolished 1953
- Carlton Hall Destroyed by Fire 1941
- Cavenham Hall Demolished 1949
- Chediston Hall Demolished 1955
- Downham Hall Demolished 1925
- Drinkstone Park Demolished 1951
- Easton Park Demolished 1923
- Edwardstone Hall Demolished 1952
- Flixton Hall Demolished 1952/3
- Fornham Hall Demolished 1951
- Hardwick House Demolished 1926/7
- Henham Hall Demolished 1953/4
- Hobland Hall Damaged by Fire 1961, The Reinstated Ground Floor Demolished 2002
- Holton Hall, Holton St Peter Demolished 1957
- Hunston Hall Destroyed by Fire 1917
- Livermere Hall Demolished 1923
- The Manor House, Mildenhall Demolished 1934
- Moulton Paddocks Demolished 1950
- Oakley Park, Otherwise Hoxne Hall Demolished 1923
- Ousden Hall Demolished 1955
- The Red House, Ipswich Demolished 1937
- Redgrave Hall Demolished — The Georgian Building 1947, The Tudor Building 1970
- Rendlesham Hall Demolished 1949
- Rougham Hall Ruined by Bombing in 1940
- Rushbrooke Hall Destroyed by Fire During Demolition 1961
- Stoke Park Demolished c. 1930
- Sudbourne Hall Demolished 1951
- Tendring Hall Demolished 1954
- Thorington Hall Demolished 1949
- Thornham Hall Partly Demolished 1938, Partly Destroyed by Fire 1954
- Ufford Place Demolished 1956
- Appendix
- Notes to the Text
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
Tendring Hall Demolished 1954
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 March 2023
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Map of Lost Country Houses in Suffolk
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Glossary of Architectural Terms
- Introduction: The Social and Economic Background
- Country House Losses in Suffolk – An Overview
- Acton Place Demolished 1825 and 1960
- Assington Hall Destroyed by Fire 1957
- Barking Hall Demolished 1926
- Barton Hall Destroyed by Fire 1914
- Boulge Hall Demolished 1955
- Bramford Hall Demolished 1956
- Branches Park Demolished 1957
- Bredfield House Demolished 1950
- Brome Hall Demolished c. 1958
- Campsea Ashe High House Demolished 1953
- Carlton Hall Destroyed by Fire 1941
- Cavenham Hall Demolished 1949
- Chediston Hall Demolished 1955
- Downham Hall Demolished 1925
- Drinkstone Park Demolished 1951
- Easton Park Demolished 1923
- Edwardstone Hall Demolished 1952
- Flixton Hall Demolished 1952/3
- Fornham Hall Demolished 1951
- Hardwick House Demolished 1926/7
- Henham Hall Demolished 1953/4
- Hobland Hall Damaged by Fire 1961, The Reinstated Ground Floor Demolished 2002
- Holton Hall, Holton St Peter Demolished 1957
- Hunston Hall Destroyed by Fire 1917
- Livermere Hall Demolished 1923
- The Manor House, Mildenhall Demolished 1934
- Moulton Paddocks Demolished 1950
- Oakley Park, Otherwise Hoxne Hall Demolished 1923
- Ousden Hall Demolished 1955
- The Red House, Ipswich Demolished 1937
- Redgrave Hall Demolished — The Georgian Building 1947, The Tudor Building 1970
- Rendlesham Hall Demolished 1949
- Rougham Hall Ruined by Bombing in 1940
- Rushbrooke Hall Destroyed by Fire During Demolition 1961
- Stoke Park Demolished c. 1930
- Sudbourne Hall Demolished 1951
- Tendring Hall Demolished 1954
- Thorington Hall Demolished 1949
- Thornham Hall Partly Demolished 1938, Partly Destroyed by Fire 1954
- Ufford Place Demolished 1956
- Appendix
- Notes to the Text
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
Summary
TENDRING HALL AT STOKE-BY-NAYLAND, EIGHT MILES NORTH OF COLCHESTER, stood on high ground overlooking the River Stour. William Tendring's house of the late thirteenth century had passed by the end of the fifteenth century to the Howards, Dukes of Norfolk. The medieval house of the Howards was rebuilt after the estate was acquired by Sir Thomas Rivett in 1563. A tower from this Tudor house survived when the rest was taken down in the eighteenth century. After the Rivetts Tendring was owned by the Windsor family for three generations.
In the first half of the eighteenth century Tendring was owned by Sir John Williams, an alderman of the City of London, a merchant ‘at the head of the Turkey trade’ and ‘one of the greatest exporters of cloth in England’. In 1748 he settled the estate on his son, Richard Williams, a ‘dealer and chapman’. Richard became bankrupt shortly thereafter and his financial affairs were the subject of an Act of Parliament. While the assets his wife had brought to their marriage were reserved for her and their children the estates which he enjoyed under his father's settlement were allocated to his creditors. Tendring was sold in March 1750 to Admiral Sir William Rowley, the first of a line of distinguished naval officers. In the years that followed the land holdings of the Rowleys were increased by the purchase of a number of neighbouring estates, including in 1785 the nearby Shardelowes estate from the trustees of Sir John Williams.
On his death in 1768 Sir William was succeeded by his son, Joshua, Rear Admiral of the White, who was created a baronet in 1786. Sir Joshua's wife, Sarah, was the daughter and heiress of Bartholomew Burton, Governor of the Bank of England, a painting of whom by George Dance which hung at Tendring was sold to the Bank in 1933. Sir Joshua was responsible for the rebuilding of Tendring Hall, his new house dating from 1784–6 being designed by Sir John Soane.
TENDRING, one of Soane's earliest country houses, was built of white brick with a portico and dressings in Portland stone. The rectagular house of three storeys including the basement had five bays, with the two central bays on the south (garden) front having a three-window semicircular bow, thus providing seven windows on each floor with uninterrupted views over the valley below.
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- Lost Country Houses of Suffolk , pp. 154 - 157Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2010