Whitehall, Cheam
 Whitehall inCheam | |
 | |
| Location | Cheam,London Borough of Sutton |
|---|---|
| Type | Historic house museum |
| Public transit access |  Cheam |
| Website | Friends of Whitehall Cheam website |
Whitehallis a timber-framedhistoric house museumin the centre ofCheamVillage,Sutton,Greater London.It is thought to have been awattle and daubyeoman farmer's house originally, built around 1500.[1]It isGrade II* listedonHistoric England'sNational Heritage List.[2]
Features[edit]
The house contains details from theGeorgian,VictorianandEdwardianeras. The rooms include the hall, the parlour (thought to have once been the original kitchen), the lower kitchen, the porch room, the Roy Smith art gallery (once a wash room or scullery), the Harriet Killick dressing room and the bedroom. One room has a display aboutNonsuch Palace,built nearby byKing Henry VIIIand pulled down in the 1680s. In the garden there is a medieval well which served an earlier building on the site.[3]
History[edit]
It is said once to have been called "The Council House," owing to its use byQueen Elizabeth I,for holding an impromptu council meeting for signing papers while on a hunting expedition from Nonsuch Palace.[4]
The oldest private school in the country,The Cheam School,was founded at Whitehall in Cheam in 1645.[5]
Ownership[edit]
It is believed that the house was the residence of the merchant, lawyer and philosopher,James Boevey(1622–1696), from c. 1670 to his death.[6]
Between 1741 and 1963 Whitehall was home of the Killick family, and in 1816 birthplace toCaptain James Killickwho became Captain of the tea clipperChallengerand founded the firmKillick Martin & Company.[7]
The house was bought by the borough in 1963 and following restoration, it was opened to the public as a historic building in 1978, and is run by theLondon Borough of Suttonand the Friends of Whitehall.[8]
The museum closed in 2016 for a £1.6m refurbishment of the building. It reopened in June 2018 with improved facilities.[9]Jill Whitehead, chair of the council's environment and neighbourhood committee, said: "The redevelopment of the Whitehall Museum is of major significance to the borough as it is one of our oldest and most historic buildings."[10]
References[edit]
- ^"Whitehall, Cheam, History & Visiting Information | Historic Surrey Guide".Britain Express.Retrieved8 September2020.
- ^Historic England,"Whitehall (1357580)",National Heritage List for England,retrieved12 September2017
- ^David Ross."Whitehall, Cheam, History & Visiting Information".Britainexpress.com.Retrieved25 October2016.
- ^"The History of Whitehall".Archived fromthe originalon 6 October 2014.Retrieved25 October2016.
- ^"A History of Cheam School".Cheam School.Retrieved14 September2021.
- ^Crawley-Boevey, A. W. C., The Perverse Widow, Being Passages from the Life of Catharina, Wife of William Boevey, 1898. Biography of James Boevey, pp. 24–38
- ^MacGregor, David R. (1986).The China Bird: The History of Captain Killick, and the Firm He Founded, Killick Martin & Company.Conway Maritime Press Limited.ISBN0-85177-381-8.
- ^"Friends of Whitehall Homepage".Retrieved7 May2018.
- ^"Friends of Whitehall Homepage".Retrieved17 July2018.
- ^Anders Anglesey (7 April 2016)."500-year-old Cheam museum to close for £1.6m renovation (From Sutton Guardian)".Suttonguardian.co.uk.Retrieved25 October2016.
External links[edit]
| Districts |
|   |
|---|---|---|
| Attractions | ||
| Places of worship | ||
| Parks and open spaces | ||
| Constituencies | ||
| Rail and tram stations | ||
| Other topics | ||
