Sulham House

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Sulham House
Berkshire

Sulham House
Location
Grid reference: SU64577422
Location: 51°27’48"N, 1°4’19"W
History
Country house
Information

Sulham House, otherwise known as Sulham Hall is a country house near Sulham in Berkshire. It once stood self-contained in a noble park, though the service block has since been divided into private flats.

The house and flats are together a Grade II listed building.[1]

The house is of the early 18th century, but rebuilt around 1839.

The estate

The parkland covers around a third of the elongated parish, and is Grade II* listed on the Register of Parks and Gardens.[2]

Nearby stands Wilder's Folly, a brick tower or dovecote built in 1769 by Reverend Henry Wilder of Sulham House,[3] built while he was courting Joan Thoyts, a daughter of the neighbouring estate, Sulhamstead House (in which he was successful, the marriage producing eleven children). The Wilder family has owned the estate since the 1400s.[4]

See also

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References

  1. National Heritage List 1288304: Sulham House And Flats 1, 2, 3 And 4 (Grade II listing)
  2. National Heritage List 1000590: Sulham House (Register of Historic Parks and Gardens)
  3. National Heritage List 1214862: Wilder's Folly (listing)
  4. "The thirty landowners who own half a county". https://whoownsengland.org/2017/04/17/the-thirty-landowners-who-own-half-a-county/.