Woodbastwick Hall
Woodbastwick Hall is a country house at Woodbastwick in Norfolk.
History[edit]
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 the two World Wars 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[edit]
- ^ "Building Survey at Woodbastwick Old Hall" (PDF). Norfolk Archaeology Unit. June 2004. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ^ a b c Manning, Patricia (2002). The Cators of Beckenham and Woodbastwick (PDF). AuthorsOnline. ISBN 0 7552 0043 8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "Cator family and the Woodbastwick Estates". Norfolk Record Office. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Woodbastwick, Pheasant, Woodcock, Stalking Shooting In Norfolk - GunsOnPegs". gunsonpegs.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ^ Pullinger, Stephen (23 November 2012). "Norfolk's High Sheriff Henry Cator launches charity in event at Woodbastwick Hall". East Anglican Daily Times. EDP24. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2013.