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Sutton Heritage

Sutton Heritage highlights three landmark sites that tell the story of the borough’s past. At Little Holland House, artist Frank Dickinson created a unique Arts and Crafts home, complete with hand-crafted interiors. Whitehall Historic House, a Tudor timber-framed building, reveals 500 years of local history, while Honeywood Museum, beside Carshalton Ponds, traces the evolution of a 17th-century home into a grand Victorian residence. Together, they capture Sutton’s heritage from Tudor times to the 20th century.

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Honeywood Museum

historical house, museum

Chalk and flint house dating to 17C with additions including extensions of 1896 and 1903 when owned by John Pattinson Kirk. Rich in period detail and the interior restored and stairs opened up with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Unknown, 1650

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Little Holland House

historical house

Grade II listed building inspired by the ideals of John Ruskin and William Morris and contains Dickinson's paintings, hand-made furniture, furnishings, metalwork and friezes, in Arts & Crafts style.

Frank Dickinson, 1902

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Whitehall Historic House

historical house, museum

Originally a farmer's house dating to 1500, with jettied upper storey. Later additions reflect the changing lifestyles of the owners, including the Killicks for over two centuries. Now houses scale model of Henry VIII's Nonsuch Palace.

Unknown, 1500