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Church of St Thomas A Beckett, Sutton Under Brailes Warwickshire consists of a nave , chancel & south tower / porch.
The eastern pahttps://www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/we33K7rt of the 12c nave remains from the original church . In early 13c a chancel was added to the east which was extended late 13c. Above the chancel arch are primitive carved heads of BVM and the child Jesus www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/45JCj7
The tower was built against the south wall of the nave in 14c with entrance porch below where hangs the ropes to ring the 5 bells all cast in 1701 by William and Robert Cor, bellfounders. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/tF68e8
In 15c the nave was extended westwards and heightened with clerestory windows.
The 1086 Domesday Survey recorded that Sutton was a 5-hide berewick of the manor of Deerhurst in Gloucestershire which had been given to Westminster Abbey at its foundation by Edward the Confessor. It had therefore once belonged to the Saxon Priory of Deerhurst whose possessions were shared between Westminster and the Abbey of S. Denis near Paris. It remained in the hands of the monks of Westminster, who in 1291 had 1 carucate of land in Sutton worth 20s., rents to the amount of 30s., and farm-stock worth 20s. The manor is said to have been held of the honour of Gloucester as 1/5 knight's fee in 1386 and by 1535 the abbey's estate was yielding rather over £22 yearly. After the Dissolution the manor, with a water-mill, a tenement called Smith's Place, and a rabbit warren, was granted in 1545 to Sir William Petre, flic.kr/p/b4Nb6F Secretary to Henry Vlll to whom it was confirmed quit of the rents
In 1879 there was a thorough restoration during which the interior walls were stripped and pointed, the west wall of the nave was rebuilt, and most of the furnishings and fittings replaced.
During recent years extensive repairs have been carried out to the roof and floor of the church, and in 1983 the bells were restored and rehung at a cost of £8000. In 1987 the building was rewired and new light fittings provided. There was major tower restoration in 2000.
According to the guide, the hamlet of Sutton with about 80 inhabitants is justly proud of the care it gives to its parish church.
Bridge Hotel, Sutton Bridge. Closed for some time, the hotel had partial demolition started in 2015 which was abandoned, then was the subject of an arson attack in August 2016. It is now largely a derelict shell with no roof, but as recently as 2010 it was described as being "“It’s a big place with a huge restaurant, some fine rooms, a stunning ladies’ powder room"
Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, England - the Bridge Hotel
May 2017
Another new spot for me, 66620 passes Sutton Bonnington with 6L87 1236 Earles to West Thurrock, 09th April 2014.
High Street, Sutton Bridge. The former corner shop and 3 bedroom accommodation was sold at auction in the summer of 2017 with a guide price of just £50,000
Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, England - High Street
May 2017
47215 has just exited Sutton Tunnel and will shortly pass Frodsham Junction signal box with an oil train bound for Stanlow or Ellesmere Port.
At the time the loco was allocated to Immingham and four years later was involved in a serious collision on the SR. It was deemed not repairable and withdrawn and was cut up.
Sutton Scarsdale Hall was built in the Baroque style on the site of an existing house between 1724 and 1729 for the 4th Earl of Scarsdale. The architect for the new hall was Francis Smith of Warwick, who skillfully incorporated the earlier building of about 1469 within his design.
Notable craftsmen were employed here. Edward Poynton of Nottingham carved the exterior stonework and the Italian master craftsmen Arturi and Vasalli carried out the fine stucco (plasterwork) detailing in the principal rooms, remnants of which can still be seen.
Grinling Gibbons is believed to have contributed some of the interior wood carvings. The cost of this splendid building left the Scarsdale heirs with depleted funds and they were eventually forced to sell the hall in the 19th century.
John Arkwright, a descendant of the industrialist Richard Arkwright, bought the hall, but in 1919 the family sold it to a company of asset strippers.
Many of its finely decorated rooms were sold off as architectural salvage and the house was reduced to a shell. Some rooms still exist: three interiors are displayed at the Museum of Art in Philadelphia.
A pine-panelled room is at the Huntington Library, California. It was offered to the Huntington by a Hollywood film producer who had used it as a set for a film, Kitty, in 1934. He had bought it from William Randolph Hearst, the newspaper magnate and well-known collector.
The ruins of the hall were saved from demolition by the writer Sir Osbert Sitwell, who bought it in 1946 after he had heard of the impending sale to dismantle the stonework. In 1970 descendants of the Sitwells persuaded the Department of the Environment to take the building into guardianship and preserve it for the nation.
A recent programme of works has been undertaken by English Heritage to preserve and protect the fragments of the original stucco interior.
The ruins of Sutton Scarsdale Hall, with tantalising remnants of a once majestic interior, offer the visitor an opportunity to view the ‘skeleton’ of the building – impossible in more complete country houses. The approach to the hall today is along a narrow driveway. Its spectacular location on a hillside is immediately apparent.
The roofless hall is built of mellow sandstone and stands to its original parapet height. Some areas of stonework have been lost at this level, giving an almost castellated appearance from a distance.
The hall was built with two impressive façades. The eastern front is the grandest, with exuberant Baroque detail typified by attached giant Corinthian columns topped with a central pediment. The central bays housed the formal drawing room. Elements of the 15th century structure such as blocked window openings in earlier brickwork can be seen in this room and in the one behind it.
The slightly plainer north elevation housed the entrance hall, which contains remnants of stucco work. The remains of the paired Ionic pilasters with wreathed swags are clearly visible, as are the remains of the chimney pieces incorporating carved figures.
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67014 is spotted at the tail of a Birmingham - London Marlybone Chiltern Railways service, passing Kings Sutton. (290714)
West Coast Class 57s 57315 and 57316 are seen passing Sutton On Trent with a ECS move.
5Z39 10:16 Carnforth Steamtown - Ely Recp.
It's that time of the year that I can delve into my archives and top up some of my historic Flickr albums.
I made several visits to Taylors Coaches of Sutton Scotney before they ceased trading at the end of 2004.
Part of the treasure found at the Anglo-Saxon ship burial site and now on display at the British Museum.
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The shell of a once grand mansion built in 1724.
At one time the house would have been on the same scale and quality as Chatsworth House.
It is thought the current structure is built on the site of possibly four or five other houses dating back to the 1200's.
After many years of neglect the Hall was sold in 1919 and asset stripped - some parts of the building were sold to the USA.
The building is Grade I listed and is in the care of English Heritage.
Empire Cinemas, Sutton, Surrey. Opened as the UCI Cinemas with 6 screens in April 1992. It was taken over by Empire Cinemas in 2006 and closed in 2017 for a massive overhaul to the design of UNICK Architects, splitting four of the original screens into 2 and adding a further two screens in an adjacent area - giving a total of 12 screens when it reopened in February 2018. It has two Impact Screens and the auditoria range in size from Screen 12 with just 14 luxury reclining seats to Screen 3 (Impact Blue) with room for 160 cinema-goers. The total capacity is now 961, down from an original 1,510 seats.
www.empirecinemas.co.uk/nowshowing/sutton_surrey/2DDBOX/t36
Sutton, Surrey, Greater London - Empire Cinemas, St Nicholas Way
September 2019
All Saints
Church of England
A church with work of many different periods, from the Norman tower to a 20th-century trompe-l'oeil portrait.
There is a charming two-storied Tudor south porch, made of red brick.
The Liberal Prime Minister H. H. Asquith and the writer George Orwell are buried here.
Wall Painting
C20
Trompe-l'oeil
At the west end of the church above the doors to the bell tower.
Church of St Andrew, Sutton in the Isle, Cambridgeshire, begun c1350/60 built of flint , field rubble and freestone, within the space of 2 generations and perhaps 3 campaigns, finishing in early 15c. It consists of a Tower, nave with north and south aisles, chancel . south porch nd north vestry.
Appropriated to the Priory of Ely who were responsible for rebuilding the choir
The late 14c four stage tower is crowned with an octagon lantern thought to have been influenced by the that at Ely flic.kr/p/A9Q9m5 , also very like the one at Fotheringhay flic.kr/p/GMaUpN . It has 6 bells, starting with the treble inscribed "Miles Grey made me 1634" , Two of 1691 & 1700 by Charles Newman, Two of 1722 inscribed
"Da. Peacock, Thomas Faux, churchwardens" & "Henry Penn, founder"- lastly "William Dobson, Downham fecit 1819"
Restored 1869 by F W Preedy with new nave & chancel ceilings set on original stone corbels during the 32 year incumbency of Hon Rev Charles Frederick Octavius Spencer, 8th son of Francis Spencer 1st Baron Churchill
The original Hall formed part of a Saxon estate owned by Wulfric Spott, who died in 1002 and left the estate to Burton-on-Trent Abbey. In the Domesday Book the estate was owned by Roger de Poitou. In 1225 the Lordship of Sutton-in-the-Dale had been given by King Henry III to Peter de Hareston, but by 1401 it had been purchased by John Leke of Gotham.
A later John Leke was made a knight by King Henry VIII. His son Francis Leke was created a Baronet by King James I in 1611, and elevated to Earl of Scarsdale by King Charles I in 1640. When the English Civil War broke out, Leke joined the Cavaliers and the Hall's structure was strengthened, particularly so with Bolsover Castle on the opposite hillside swearing loyalty to the Roundheads. When a Parliamentarian force of 500 men led by Sir John Gell surrounded the estate, Leke resisted until the house was stormed and he was taken prisoner. With the estate seized by Oliver Cromwell's forces, after the end of the war a forfeiture fine of £18,000 was levied and paid for Leke's support of the imprisoned King Charles.
The existing structure is believed to be the fourth or fifth built on the site. In 1724, Nicholas Leke, 4th Earl of Scarsdale commissioned the building of a design by architect Francis Smith, to develop a Georgian mansion with gardens, using parts of the existing structure.
On a scale and quality with Chatsworth House, internally it featured both oak ornamental panels and stucco plasterwork by Italian craftsmen Francesco Vassalli and the Atari brothers; carved Adam fireplaces in both marble and Blue John, and a signature carved mahogany staircase.
Following the death of the 4th Earl, Member of Parliament Godfrey Bagnall Clarke purchased the estate in 1740. After his death in 1774 the Marquis of Ormonde then gained ownership by marriage, and after his death in 1824, Richard Arkwright Junior of Cromford Mill fame, became the owner. William Arkwright of Sutton Scarsdale was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1890
Source: Wikipedia