Woodbastwick Hall

Woodbastwick Hall is a country house at Woodbastwick in Norfolk.

History

The house dates back to circa 1600.[1] In 1807 the house and estates were acquired for £76,000 from the trustees of Thomas Allday Kerrison by John Barwell Cator[2] (nephew of John Cator), who became High Sheriff of Kent in 1818. It then passed down the Cator family.[3] After a fire in 1819, Cator commissioned architect George Smith to rebuild the hall.[2]

After another serious fire in December 1882, the house was substantially rebuilt to a design by Ewan Christian (completed in 1889),[2] and then used as a Red Cross auxiliary hospital during World War II and subsequently as an Agricultural Training College until it was demolished in 1971.[4] The house was again rebuilt in 2004 and is now in the ownership of Henry Cator.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Building Survey at Woodbastwick Old Hall" (PDF). Norfolk Archaeology Unit. June 2004. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Manning, Patricia (2002). The Cators of Beckenham and Woodbastwick (PDF). AuthorsOnline. ISBN 0 7552 0043 8. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Cator of Woodbastwick Hall". The Peerage. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Woodbastwick". Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Norfolk's High Sheriff Henry Cator launches charity in event at Woodbastwick Hall". EDP24. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2013.

52°41′34″N 1°26′31″E / 52.6928°N 1.4419°E / 52.6928; 1.4419

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