Sutton Place Including The Service Court Yard

Country house dating from circa 1525, originally commissioned for Sir Richard Weston, with restorations to the windows in 1875 and the Long Gallery in 1878. The building is constructed of red and brown diaper pattern brickwork with terracotta dressings, under plain tiled roofs with crow-stepped gables to the north end of the side wings. It features multiple stacks on the return fronts and across the south front.

Initially built as a square house around a courtyard approximately 140 feet by 130 feet, the north gatehouse range was demolished in 1786, leaving the south range with projecting end wings and a service court to the west side. The structure is two storeys high with an attic, featuring gable-end windows on a brick plinth, a stringcourse over the ground floor, and terracotta parapets and quoins. The windows are terracotta mullioned and transomed with leaded glass and cusped lights, with drip mouldings above the ground-floor windows.

The south range’s courtyard facade is symmetrical, comprising five bays (a b c b a), with projecting end and centre bays. There is a diamond pattern of terracotta plaques over the enter bays, transitioning to quatrefoil plaques over the centre bay. The central bay features thin polygonal turrets capped by onion domes and finials, and terracotta panels displaying the initials "R.W." A battlemented blind arcade with cusping and terracotta panels depicting naked amorini sits between the turrets. A central arched door has carved spandrels, with a further twelve amorini panels arranged in two rows of six above the door. The east and west wings have seven bays facing the courtyard, with a projecting centre angle bay, and bays breaking forward to the south. Arched doors in a similar style to the main door are located at the south end.

The south garden front is asymmetrical, with a gabled bay to the left (west), a projecting gabled bay to the left of centre, a multiple stack to the right, and an end bay breaking forward to the right. A dentil brick and terracotta panelled parapet band features amorini and crosses. To the left (west) are three 17th-century houses creating the north range of the service court, constructed with red brick, plain tiled roofs, and glazing bar sash windows.

The interior includes a Great Hall, located in the centre of the south range, spanning two storeys and featuring wooden panelling, some with rounded carving, and a stone four-centred arched fireplace. A 17th-century staircase is located to the right, accessed via an Ionic arched screen with a square newel. The Long Gallery, in the east wing, is also panelled. Painted glass in the Great Hall, spanning various periods, includes depictions of Royal coats of arms and the Weston family arms. Certain interior fitments were the subject of a Public Inquiry at the time of re-survey.