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
Easton Park Demolished 1923
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
EASTON PARK, ALSO KNOWN AS THE WHITE HOUSE, LOCATED BETWEEN FRAMLINGHAM AND WICKHAM MARKET, belonged in medieval times to the Charles family of nearby Kettleburgh and passed in the sixteenth century to the Wingfield family of Letheringham. Sir Anthony Wingfield Bt is said to have begun building a new house in 150 acres of parkland near Easton church in 1627 to replace a medieval house, but it is not clear whether Wingfield's house was on the same site as its predecessor or was on the site where the White House was subsequently erected. Later in the seventeenth century changes in the family's fortunes led to its sale to an illegitimate descendant of one of the Princes of Orange, William Henry Nassau, who came to England with William of Orange by whom he was created Earl of Rochford.
In the second half of the eighteenth century Easton Park was the residence of the Hon. Richard Nassau, son of the third Earl of Rochford, who married as her second husband Anne, co-heiress of Edward Spencer of Rendlesham and widow of the fifth Duke of Hamilton who was also second Duke of Brandon. On the death of the last Earl of Rochford in 1830 Easton passed to the Dukes of Hamilton and Brandon. It was during the tenure in the second half of the nineteenth century of the twelfth Duke, who spent much of his time in Suffolk, that the estate was considerably extended and the house enlarged.
THE ROCHFORDS’ house, probably dating from the middle years of the eighteenth century, was a plain classical brick built building of two storeys. There were fifteen bays on what was in the later years the house’s garden front, the central three bays projecting forward with a pediment supported by pilasters. The house was described in 1833 as
a very comfortable residence, but contains no rooms of large size and they want light. The hall, which is in the centre, was floored by the late Rochford with stucco, but it did not succeed; the stucco has cracked and dried very unevenly. In the hall is a chimney piece carved by Grinling Gibbon [sic] supported by two caryatids, and in the centre a female face very beautifully carved, with flowers and fruits.
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- Lost Country Houses of Suffolk , pp. 64 - 67Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2010