| Summary : A large mansion house built between 1525 and 1538, for Thomas Kytson or Kitson, a wealthy London Merchant, incorporating an earlier wing, later altered in 1775. and 1897-1900. It is constructed of buff brick and limestone ashlar, with clay pantile roofs, built to a courtyard plan. A licence to crenellate was actually given in 1540 as part of a wider grant of lands, after the house had been completed. A moat was also constructed on the site. In 1775, a wing of the house was demolished (which included the earlier features) and part of the moat was filled in, leaving the remaining portion as a garden feature. The front of the house was also altered. From 1952-1974,the house was subsequently converted to a Catholic school and since 2006 is used as a conference centre. |
More information : (TL 82396855) Hengrave Hall (NR)
(TL 82476841) Moat (NR) (1)
The hall, begun in 1525 and completed in 1538 is constructed of brick and stone. In 1775, a wing was demolished and a number of alterations carried out then and later. The moat was filled in in 1775. (2)
At Hengrave Hall is the southeast portion of a large and oval moat. (3)
The inner moat was apparently filled in the 18th. C. leaving the remains of the outer part as a garden feature. The house is now a Catholic girls school
See annotated 25" survey. (4)
Hengrave Hall Gd I (5)
History of the manor and house, including a plan of Hengrave of 1588 and an illustration of the South front dated to 1775. (6)
A licence to crenellate has often been assumed to date to the start of the building at Hengrave in 1525, but in fact this is a misinterpretation of a difficult entry in the calendar rolls , which in fact refers to a licence of 1540 in the wider context of the grant of lands, after the completion of the house. (7) |