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Sutton Place, 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east [n 1] of Guildford in Surrey, is a large Grade I listed [1] Tudor prodigy house built c. 1525 [2] by Sir Richard Weston (d. 1541), a courtier of Henry VIII. It is of importance to art history in showing some of the earliest traces of Italianate Renaissance design elements in English architecture.
His main residences were Cranbourne Lodge, where he was the keeper, and Ufton Court, both in Berkshire, and then Sutton Place, Surrey, which he re-built in a ground-breaking style, the last two being granted to him by the king. [1] In 1533, Henry VIII paid a state visit to Weston at his newly built mansion at Sutton Place.
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Weston was born in 1591, [1] the eldest son of Sir Richard Weston (1564-1613) of Sutton Place, Surrey, by Jane Dister (d.1625), daughter of John Dister of Bergholt, Essex. He was the great-great-grandson of Sir Richard Weston (1465-1541), builder of Sutton Place. He was educated, or spent part of his early life, in Flanders.
Of the eleven districts comprising Surrey, Epsom and Ewell is the only one that has none. A notable group are a 13th century set of four bridges, sponsored by Waverley Abbey; Tilford, Elstead and Eashing bridges. There are also nine Grade I listed parks and gardens in Surrey; not listed here.
This is a list of towns, villages and most notable hamlets and neighbourhoods in Surrey, a ceremonial and administrative county of England.. For lists relating to parts of London formerly in Surrey, see the London Boroughs of Croydon, Kingston upon Thames (Royal Borough), Richmond upon Thames, Lambeth, Merton, Southwark, Sutton and Wandsworth.
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He was the only son of Sir Richard Weston (1465–1541), KB, of Ufton Court in Berkshire and Sutton Place in Surrey, [3] a prominent courtier and diplomat who served under King Henry VIII as Governor of Guernsey, Treasurer of Calais and Under-Treasurer of the Exchequer.