Comments on: At Sutton House https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/08/18/at-sutton-house-x/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 19 Aug 2022 05:14:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Robyn https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/08/18/at-sutton-house-x/#comment-1477556 Fri, 19 Aug 2022 05:14:55 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=192813#comment-1477556 Thank you for these wonderful photos – I’m almost at the end of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall trilogy and I’m very pleased to see Ralph Sadlier’s home!

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/08/18/at-sutton-house-x/#comment-1477482 Thu, 18 Aug 2022 20:26:06 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=192813#comment-1477482 An amazing gem

]]> By: Martin Izat https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/08/18/at-sutton-house-x/#comment-1477470 Thu, 18 Aug 2022 18:31:10 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=192813#comment-1477470 When looking around Sutton house with one of the volunteers.I noted the graffitti left by the squatters.It was a band name/ logo that a friend knew. his band had played with them.I think he contacted them about it & let them know what details he knew about this band.A very little kmowm psychedelic rock band

]]> By: Keith https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/08/18/at-sutton-house-x/#comment-1477465 Thu, 18 Aug 2022 17:54:22 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=192813#comment-1477465 A lovely house, full of things to see and a remarkable survivor from the age of Tudor kings, 2 world wars, doodle bugs, the blitz and periods of destructive councils and developers who love to pull things down and replace them with monstrous tower blocks. Touch gently the bricks of this beautufully kept building.

]]> By: Bernie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/08/18/at-sutton-house-x/#comment-1477390 Thu, 18 Aug 2022 09:08:08 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=192813#comment-1477390 Sadly, I can only dream of visiting, being almost 90 and resident in Glasgow. But I am a Hackney Lad still at heart, having grown up in that borough. Yet I was not aware of Sutton House and still do not know where it sits in Hackney. Grateful thanks to anyone who will tell me where it is!

]]> By: Angella-Dee Sherriffe https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/08/18/at-sutton-house-x/#comment-1477389 Thu, 18 Aug 2022 09:01:09 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=192813#comment-1477389 This was The Blue House when we squated it. The punx retrieved some of the old pannaling . Well done those Punks We had many historic moments too. The Best squat Ever!

]]> By: Nina Archer https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/08/18/at-sutton-house-x/#comment-1477381 Thu, 18 Aug 2022 08:25:50 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=192813#comment-1477381 So lovely – thankyou

]]> By: Rob Hill https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/08/18/at-sutton-house-x/#comment-1477377 Thu, 18 Aug 2022 08:03:50 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=192813#comment-1477377 I always find it slightly amusing that the National Trust hold up Sutton House as one of their treasures as in the late 1980s they were eager to get rid of it as it was only in Hackney. The campaigners pointed out that they would not take a similar view if it were in Hampstead, fortunately they changed their minds.

The squatters actually helped to preserve the house as when they were evicted thieves stole the linen fold paneling, fortunately it was recovered.

]]> By: Di Corry https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/08/18/at-sutton-house-x/#comment-1477374 Thu, 18 Aug 2022 07:43:02 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=192813#comment-1477374 Much of the ‘old’ Hackney that I knew and loved from my childhood days has gone….. thankfully this gem of a place remains. A miracle it didn’t fall into the hands of greedy developers thanks to hard fought local opposition.

]]> By: Nicholas Borden https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/08/18/at-sutton-house-x/#comment-1477365 Thu, 18 Aug 2022 07:12:16 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=192813#comment-1477365 A hidden gem in hackney.

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