Southchurch Hall

Last updated

Southchurch Hall
Southchurch Hall - geograph.org.uk - 456302.jpg
Southchurch Hall
Southchurch Hall
General information
StatusPreserved
TypeHistoric House
Architectural styleHalf timbered
Location Southchurch
Town or city Southend-on-Sea
CountryEngland
Coordinates 51°32′13″N0°43′46″E / 51.536967°N 0.729493°E / 51.536967; 0.729493 Coordinates: 51°32′13″N0°43′46″E / 51.536967°N 0.729493°E / 51.536967; 0.729493
Construction startedc.1321-1364

Southchurch Hall is Grade I listed [1] Medieval moated house located in Southchurch, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. The Hall was home to farming families until the 1920s. In 1930 it was extensively restored and presented to the town of Southend [2] by the Dowsett Family. [3] The Hall has been listed in Jenkins' top 1,000 houses in England. [4] The moat surrounding the house is a scheduled monument. [5]

Contents

History

The current hall was built c.1321 – 1364, and has a Tudor and a 1930s extension. The Great Hall is still presented in its 14th-century form. [6] At this time the Great Hall would have had a central fireplace, and original smoke-blackened timbers can still be seen in the roof (although much of the roof was replaced in the 1930s restoration). [6] At the end of the Great Hall is the cross-wing, housing the North and South Solars. These rooms reflect changing fashions for more intimate rooms; the South Solar is a late 16th- or early 17th-century extension. [7]

The hall probably stands on the site of a much earlier Saxon hall. The land on which it stands was given to the monks of Canterbury in 823 AD, and the tenants of the hall subsequently inherited the family name "de Southchurch". This custom survived until the death of Peter de Southchurch in 1309. [1]

Collections

In the 1930s extension to the hall, there is an exhibition of artefacts discovered during archaeological investigations of the site. [6]

The collections at Southchurch Hall include the oil painting Attack on Southchurch Hall during the Peasants' Revolt, 1381, by Alan Sorrell (1969). [8]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eltham Palace</span> Large house in Eltham, Southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

Eltham Palace is a large house at Eltham in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The house consists of the medieval great hall of a former royal residence, to which an Art Deco extension was added in the 1930s. The hammerbeam roof of the great hall is the third-largest of its type in England, and the Art Deco interior of the house has been described as a "masterpiece of modern design". The house is owned by the Crown Estate and managed by English Heritage, which took over responsibility for the great hall in 1984 and the rest of the site in 1995.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eaton Bray</span> Human settlement in England

Eaton Bray is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England. It is situated about three miles south-west of the town of Dunstable and is part of a semi-rural area which extends into the parish of Edlesborough. In the 2011 United Kingdom census the population of the parish was recorded as 2,585.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fulham Palace</span> Grade I listed historic house museum in London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, United Kingdom

Fulham Palace, in Fulham, London, previously in the former English county of Middlesex, is a Grade I listed building with medieval origins and was formerly the principal residence of the Bishop of London. The site was the country home of the bishops from the 11th century until 1973. Though still owned by the Church of England, the palace, managed by the Fulham Palace Trust houses a number of restored historic rooms and a museum documenting its long history. The property resides next to Bishops Park and contains a large botanic garden. The palace garden is ranked Grade II* on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Baconsthorpe Castle</span> Grade I listed castle in Norfolk, UK

Baconsthorpe Castle, historically known as Baconsthorpe Hall, is a ruined, fortified manor house near the village of Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, England. It was established in the 15th century on the site of a former manor hall, probably by John Heydon I and his father, William. John was an ambitious lawyer with many enemies and built a tall, fortified house, but his descendants became wealthy sheep farmers, and being less worried about attack, developed the property into a more elegant, courtyard house, complete with a nearby deer park.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tabley House</span> Country house in Tabley Inferior, Cheshire, England

Tabley House is an English country house in Tabley Inferior, some 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the west of the town of Knutsford, Cheshire. The house is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It was built between 1761 and 1769 for Sir Peter Byrne Leicester, to replace the nearby Tabley Old Hall, and was designed by John Carr. The Tabley House Collection exists as an exhibition showcased by the University of Manchester.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Buildings and architecture of Bristol</span>

Bristol, the largest city in South West England, has an eclectic combination of architectural styles, ranging from the medieval to 20th century brutalism and beyond. During the mid-19th century, Bristol Byzantine, an architectural style unique to the city, was developed, and several examples have survived.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Little Moreton Hall</span> Moated half-timbered manor house in England

Little Moreton Hall, also known as Old Moreton Hall, is a moated half-timbered manor house 4.5 miles (7.2 km) southwest of Congleton in Cheshire, England. The earliest parts of the house were built for the prosperous Cheshire landowner William Moreton in about 1504–08, and the remainder was constructed in stages by successive generations of the family until about 1610. The building is highly irregular, with three asymmetrical ranges forming a small, rectangular cobbled courtyard. A National Trust guidebook describes Little Moreton Hall as being "lifted straight from a fairy story, a gingerbread house". The house's top-heavy appearance, "like a stranded Noah's Ark", is due to the Long Gallery that runs the length of the south range's upper floor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bardon, Leicestershire</span> Human settlement in England

Bardon is a civil parish and former village in North West Leicestershire about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of the centre of Coalville. The parish includes Bardon Hill, which at 912 feet (278 m) above sea level is the highest point in Leicestershire. With the population remaining less than 100, information from the 2011 census was included in the civil parish of Ellistown and Battleflat.

Southchurch is an inner city area of the city of Southend-on-Sea, in the City of Southend-on-Sea, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. England. In 1911 the parish had a population of 3954.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Weeting Castle</span> Ruined, medieval manor house in England

Weeting Castle is a ruined, medieval manor house near the village of Weeting in Norfolk, England. It was built around 1180 by Hugh de Plais, and comprised a three-storey tower, a substantial hall, and a service block, with a separate kitchen positioned near the house. A moat was later dug around the site in the 13th century. The house was not fortified, although it drew on architectural features typically found in castles of the period, and instead formed a very large, high-status domestic dwelling. It was probably intended to resemble the hall at Castle Acre Castle, owned by Hugh's feudal lord, Hamelin de Warenne.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Broughton Castle</span> Medieval manor house in Oxfordshire, England

Broughton Castle is a medieval fortified manor house in the village of Broughton, which is about two miles south-west of Banbury in Oxfordshire, England, on the B4035 road. It is the home of the Fiennes family, Barons Saye and Sele. The castle sits on an artificial island in pastureland and is surrounded by a wide moat. Across the small bridge lies the parish church of St Mary the Virgin, surrounded by its historic cemetery. A Grade I listed building, it opens to the public over the summer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Headstone Manor</span>

Headstone Manor is a 14th-century Grade I listed moated manor house in Headstone, England, and today a part of the Headstone Manor and Museum. Headstone Manor & Museum is a museum of the site itself as well as Harrow more generally. It also hosts a programme of talks, tours, events and family activities for visitors. Headstone Manor & Museum is open Tuesday to Sunday, all year round. Entry to the site and the museum is free.

The Headstone Museum, also known as the Harrow Museum, is the local history museum for the London Borough of Harrow in England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wistow, Leicestershire</span> Human settlement in England

Wistow is a deserted medieval village and civil parish in the Harborough district, in the English county of Leicestershire, and lies seven miles south-east of the city of Leicester in the valley of the River Sence. Since 1 April 1936 it has included most of the former civil parish of Newton Harcourt which was a chapelry of Wistow. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 256.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clayton Hall</span> Building in Greater Manchester, England

Clayton Hall is a 15th-century manor house on Ashton New Road, in Clayton, Manchester, England. It is hidden behind trees in a small park. The hall is a Grade II* listed building, the mound on which it is built is a scheduled ancient monument, and a rare example of a medieval moated site. The hall is surrounded by a moat, making an island 66 m by 74 m. Alterations were made to the hall in the 16th and 17th centuries, and it was enlarged in the 18th century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chorley Old Hall</span> Historic site

Chorley Old Hall is a moated manor house on the B5359 road to the southwest of Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England. The house is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and the moated site is a scheduled monument. It is the oldest inhabited country house in Cheshire and consists of two ranges, one medieval and the other Elizabethan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Belmont Hall, Cheshire</span> Historic site

Belmont Hall is a country house one mile (1.6 km) to the northwest of the village of Great Budworth, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The house stands to the north of the A559 road. Since 1977 it has been occupied by Cransley School.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Prittlewell Priory</span> Priory in Southend-on-Sea, England

Prittlewell Priory is a medieval priory in the Prittlewell area of Southend, Essex, England. It was founded in the 12th century, by monks from the Cluniac Priory of St Pancras in Lewes, East Sussex, and passed into private hands at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII. The last private owner, the jeweller R. A. Jones, gave the priory and the grounds to the local council. The grounds now form a public park, Priory Park, and the Grade I listed building is open to the public as a museum. Priory Park is located adjacent to the priory. The remains of the priory are a scheduled monument.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Enmore Castle</span> Historic site in Somerset, England

Enmore Castle is a historic building in the village of Enmore, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II listed building.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hay Hall, Birmingham</span> Brick in Birmingham, England

Hay Hall is a former 15th century hall located at Tyseley, in Birmingham, West Midlands, England. The extensive Hay Hall estate was situated between the Coventry and Warwick roads and included an area now known as Hay Mills, which was the site of a water mill. In the 16th century the timber-framed building was encased in brick. Originally a sub manor of the Este family, the building form comprised a central open hall with cross-wings at either end. There are no traces of the original moat in the area, with the modern surroundings currently developed as factories and works, known as Hay Hall Business Park. It was listed Grade II in 1952.

References

  1. 1 2 "SOUTHCHURCH HALL, Non Civil Parish - 1306880 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  2. "Southchurch Hall Historic House". Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  3. Gate inscription. Southchurch Hall moat gates. 2008.
  4. Jenkins, Simon (2004). England's thousand best houses. London: Penguin. p. 249. ISBN   0141006250.
  5. "Southchurch Hall moated site, Non Civil Parish - 1017385 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 Southend Museums Service (2011). Southchurch Hall: a guide to the rooms. Southend-on-Sea: Southend Museums Service. pp. 1–2.
  7. Southend Museums Service. Southchurch Hall: a guide to the rooms. Southend-on-Sea: Southend Museums Service. pp. 2–3.
  8. "Your Paintings: Attack on Southchurch". Art UK . Retrieved 12 March 2013.