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Wanstead House
Hob Uid: 966635
Location : Greater London Authority Redbridge Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : TQ4107087540
Summary : Medieval manor house documented from the 13th century and surveyed as a royal hunting lodge during the 16th century. It was rebuilt in 1549 but demolished 1715 to make way for the new house by Colin Campbell. Field investigations by RCHME field staff in 1989-90 located no traces of the building.
More information : A Manor House is referred to from the C13 by the beginning of the C16 it was large enough to serve as a Royal hunting lodge; the deer park was empaled and stocked at that time and the building was altered and then rebuilt in the middle C16. (1-2) In the late C17 it was a quadrangular 2 storey house with many gables and furnished with 40 hearths; described by Pepys and visited by Royalty. (3) Wanstead House (TQ 4107 8754 FCE) a great house. A great new house was begun for Lord Rich in 1549 on a virgin site. The house was subsequently extended by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. This house was demolished in 1715 to make way for a new house designed by Colin Campbell for Sir Richard Child (TQ 48 NW 13) (4a). No field remains relating to this house survive. The potential for sub surface deposits is poor as the house of 1715 was also demolished and robbed down to its cellar floors. The house lay within extensive formal gardens (TQ 48 NW 82). (4)

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Source details : Greater London, vol 1 1898
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Source details : Colvin (ed) History of the King's Works IV pt 2 282-3
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Source details : Essex Review April 1954 250 LXIII 67-82
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Source details : Greater London
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : Wayne Cocroft/01-MAY-1990/RCHME: Wanstead House and Gardens Project.
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Source Number : 4a
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Source details : Cornish A. 1982. Wanstead Park A Chronicle (A leaflet)
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : documented in C13
Monument End Date : 1299
Monument Start Date : 1200
Monument Type : Manor House
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Documented in C16
Monument End Date : 1599
Monument Start Date : 1500
Monument Type : Hunting Lodge, Manor House
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : C16
Monument End Date : 1599
Monument Start Date : 1500
Monument Type : Hunting Lodge, Manor House
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Rebuilt in 1549
Monument End Date : 1549
Monument Start Date : 1549
Monument Type : Great House
Evidence : Demolished Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : demolished in 1714
Monument End Date : 1714
Monument Start Date : 1714
Monument Type : Great House
Evidence : Demolished Building

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TQ 48 NW 83
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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1989-12-01
End Date : 1990-05-01