HEDON AND DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY

Netherhall stables - © Bernard Sharp From the later eighteenth century several Hull merchants and bankers built large houses around the ancient village of Sutton on Hull, three miles north-east of the city - among them Sutton Grange, Sutton House and Sutton Hall (now Netherhall). Hull banker Henry Bedford bought the site of Sutton Hall in 1804 and built his grey-brick villa c.1810, while later residents included the Bocher family and Henry Fawcett Pudsey. The house (after 1846 known as Netherhall) is Victorian in external appearance; it was altered and extended in 1873, when a Corinthian order, balustrades and cornices were added. However, evidence of the earlier villa remains in the late-Georgian gate piers set back at the ends of quadrant walls. The house also possesses a fine detached former stable block fronting Wawne Road. PLEASE NOTE: this talk was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.    New members always welcome !   Join at any meeting: £20 a year / £5 a me

Join landscape historian Richard Clarke to uncover the fascinating history of a prominent Hull site. Suffolk Palace was one of a number of terms used to identify a complex of buildings and associated formal gardens, initially built in the 1380s by Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk. Situated in the northern part of the walled town, it seems likely that most of the buildings had been demolished by the late 17th century, although remnants of the gardens survived well into the following century. In 1513, after the execution of Edmund de la Pole, the manor had reverted to the Crown, and King Henry VIII stayed there briefly in 1539. The Merchants' Exchange and the Town Hall were built on part of the site but were later demolished in the construction of Alfred Gelder Street. It is currently occupied by the old Main Post Office (now The Three John Scotts) built on the corner of Lowgate in 1909. New members always welcome !   Join at any meeting: £20 a year / £5 a meet