Overstrand Hall is a country house in Overstrand, Norfolk, England, designed by Edwin Lutyens for Charles William Mills, 2nd Baron Hillingdon, a partner in Glyn, Mills & Co. Bank.[1] It was built between 1899 and 1901 and is Grade II listed as of 27 September 1972.[2] The Mills family used Overstrand as a weekend residence, preferring their homes Hillingdon Court and Dorton House as their main residences.
| Overstrand Hall | |
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| General information | |
| Type | English country house |
| Location | Overstrand, Norfolk, England |
| Coordinates | 52°55′07″N 1°19′53″E / 52.9186°N 1.3315°E |
| Construction started | 1899 |
| Completed | 1901 |
| Client | Charles Mills, 2nd Baron Hillingdon |
| Owner | Kingswood Learning and Leisure Group Ltd. |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Edwin Lutyens |
Nicholas Pevsner described Overstrand as "one of (Lutyens's) most remarkable buildings, at the time when he had reached maturity but still believed to the full in his own inventiveness."[1] The house is of a complex courtyard plan, with a varied range of materials, "stone with half-timbering, flint with brick and tile,"[1] and styles, "Jacobean with classical, vernacular with Italianate."[1] Burke's and Savills Guide to Country Houses: East Anglia describes the hall as "an important early work by Lutyens, his first large work outside the Home Counties."[3]
During the First World War, the hall was used as a military hospital and the Mills family sold the house for use as a convalescent home in 1932.[4] Currently (2018), the hall is home to Kingswood residential activity centre.[5]
Kingswood activity centre
editOverstrand Hall has been a Kingswood residential activity centre since 1999,[6] catering for 7–17 year olds.
Notes
edit- ^ a b c d Pevsner & Wilson 2002, p. 633.
- ^ British Listed Buildings on-line
- ^ Kenworthy-Browne et al. 1981.
- ^ Good Stuff (27 September 1972). "Overstrand Hall - Overstrand - Norfolk - England". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ Kingswood Overstrand Hall Retrieved 2 February, 2018
- ^ "Inspiring Learning History".
References
edit- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Wilson, Bill (2002). Norfolk I: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09607-0.
- Kenworthy-Browne, John; Reid, Peter; Sayer, Michael; Watkin, David (1981). Volume III - East Anglia. Burke and Savill's Guide to Country Houses. Burke's Peerage. ISBN 9780850110357.