The Sale of West Hill: The Mansion House in 1842
Reminiscent of the 1824 Sale Papers for Melrose Hall, the Sutherland Papers contains ‘The Particulars and Conditions of Sale’ for ‘West Hill’ which is described as ‘A Noble Mansion’, formerly known as ...
The Upper White Dressing Room, West Hill, 1824
Mahogany furniture featured prominently in the Upper White Dressing Room at West Hill. A ‘Bowed front mahogany Dressing Table with Drawer Lock & Key’ was housed in the room, alongside a ‘Mahogany tray ...
The Valet’s Dressing Room and the Housemaid’s Closet, West Hill, 1824
A dressing room adjoined the Valet’s Room, at West Hill, containing a ‘Mahogany Wash hand Table with handsome marble top’ and a ‘Mahogany Boot & Shoe horse’.
A description of the Housemaid’s Closet ...
The Valet’s Room, West Hill, 1824
Beginning on the second floor, the Inventory of West Hill describes the ‘Right Hand Bedchamber’ as the ‘Valets Room’. The room had a colour scheme of blue and white, including a ‘Blue and white painted ...
The Wash House at West Hill, 1824
Like the Bakehouse and Laundry, the Wash House at West Hill was fitted out with functional equipment, including six washing troughs, lead pipes supplying hot and cold water and a coal box.
‘A Stout ...
The Westhill Fruit Dispute, August 1830
Amongst the many documents providing an insight into household life at West Hill are a number of papers from August 1830 relating to a dispute over the sale of fruit grown on the property.
A letter ...
The Working Gardens at West Hill, 1824
The Inventory of West Hill made in 1824 describes the working gardens on the estate, telling us about the fruit and flowers produced there. The Inventory lists a ‘melon ground’ which had ‘3 light Melon ...
Vouchers for Westhill, August 1840
The Sutherland Papers contain a wealth of vouchers for purchases made for the West Hill estate in the nineteenth century. A number of vouchers from August 1840 tell us about the products which local tradesmen ...
West Hill: Produce & Supplies for 1837
Inventories of West Hill indicate that the Duke of Sutherland’s estate in Wandsworth had a working farm and working gardens providing produce to the mansion house. The image above shows a tabulated document ...
What was West Hill like in 1824?
Amongst papers relating to West Hill is a volume entitled ‘Inventory of the Elegant Furniture Farming Stock, Garden Implements and Tools etc the Property of the Most Noble Marquis of Stafford at his Mansion ...