Overstrand Hall
Country house in Norfolk, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | 52.9186°N 1.3315°E / 52.9186; 1.3315 |
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]