Sudbrook Park, Petersham
| Sudbrook House | |
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| Alternative names | Sudbrooke House, Sudbrook Park |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Palladian |
| Town or city | Petersham |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51°26′23.2″N 0°17′49.6″W / 51.439778°N 0.297111°WCoordinates: 51°26′23.2″N 0°17′49.6″W / 51.439778°N 0.297111°W |
| Construction started | 1726 |
| Completed | 1728 |
| Owner | The Richmond Golf Club Limited |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 2 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | James Gibbs |
| Designations | Grade I listed building |
Sudbrook Park, in Petersham, was developed by John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll in the early 18th century. Sudbrook House, designed for Argyll by James Gibbs is considered a fine example of Palladian architecture, and for over a century both house and park have been the home of the Richmond Golf Club.
Sudbrook takes its name from the stream Sudbrook, (or South brook), that flows down from the adjacent hill through Ham and Petersham where it joins the River Thames.
Sudbrook is first recorded as a hamlet of Petersham in 1255. In 1266 "Gilbert de Suthbrok" and "Geoffrey de Suthbrok" were mentioned in the context of a dispute over endowment of the chaplain between the parishioners of Petersham and Merton Priory.
In 1550 there is record of a lawsuit as to the ownership of half a tenement called "Underhylle" and half a tenement called "Sudbrooke". These copyhold premises of the manor of Petersham, included a house and 30 acres (12 ha) of land, meadow, and pasture in Petersham.
At a court held in 1637 a customary cottage in Sudbrook, with a parcel of pasture and part of a close, was surrendered by Thomas Cole and John Yeates to the use of John Hewson and William Bell in payment of certain sums to the poor of Petersham, Ham, and West Sheen. About the same time Charles I enclosed Richmond Park. Nicholas Lane's 1632–1637 map shows that much of the area now associated with Sudbrook Park was amongst the few parts of the new park previously held by the crown; "Sudbrook", "Warren" and "Berrygrove".
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