Monument record RLM 019 - Rendlesham White House

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Summary

`Site of the old hall, called `Rendlesham White House', which was burnt down in 1830.

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Grid reference	Centred TM 338 540 (245m by 300m) Approximate
Map sheet	TM35SW
Civil Parish	RENDLESHAM, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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GREAT HOUSE (IPS: Post Medieval - 1601 AD to 1900 AD)

Full Description

`Site of the old hall, called `Rendlesham White House', which was burnt down in 1830...... Some ruins including a tower and the front entrance doorway remain. The park is entered by very fine gates, the lodge (Ivy Lodge, TM 349 540) being an exact copy of the old hall' (S1).
`The lodges are dated circa 1790..... The grounds of Rendlesham Hall were laid out by Humphry Repton and are illustrated in his Theory of 1803' but see RLM 022 (S2). White House, early C17. Site occupied by estate offices (S3).
Early 17th century house. Altered & enlarged by Henry Hakewill, to designs prepared by J B Papworth, for Peter Isaac Thellusson, later 1st Lord Rendlesham, c.1801 (S4). Previous alterations by Henry Holland for Lord Archibald Hamilton, apparently to correct excessive changes made by Richard Norris, a surveyor, 1781 (S5).
Original house built by Spencer family who acquired manor of Naunton Hall in Rendlesham in 1552 (S6).

Sources/Archives (8)

<R1> SSF50032 Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TM35SW 2.
<S1> SSF5108 (No record type): Dickinson P G A, The Little Guides: Suffolk, 1957 ed, 286.
<S2> SSF16083 Bibliographic reference: Pevsner N & Radcliffe E. 1974. The Buildings of England: Suffolk. 402.
<R2> SSF23233 (No record type): Williamson T, Survey of Historic Parks & Gardens in Suffolk.
<S3> SSF6996 (No record type): Goult W, A Survey of Suffolk Parish History, East Suffolk, I-Y, 1990.
<S4> SSF10204 (No record type): Kenwothy-Browne, J.. Kenworthy Browne J et al, `Brukes & Savills Guide to Country Houses, Vol III, E Anglia, 1981.
<S5> SSF2404 (No record type): Brown C, Haward B & Kindred R, Dictionary of Architects of Suff Buildings 1800-1914, 1991, 214.
<S6> SSF50037 Bibliographic reference: Copinger W A. Manors of Suffolk. Copinger W, Manors of Suffolk, IV, 318.

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Record last edited

Jun 9 1995 12:00AM