Sutton House Originally known as Bryck Place, Sutton House was built in 1535 by Sir Ralph Sadler, Principal Secretary of State to Henry VIII, and is the oldest residential building in Hackney. The House was initially built as a gabled house with mullioned windows. There are some rough shaped bricks and diamond patterns shown on the north facade of the house. The House became home to successive merchants, sea captains, Huguenot silk weavers, Victorian schoolmistresses, and Edwardian Clergy, and was re-designed, remodelled, and enlarged by the residents in line with the trend of the periods. Sutton House was bought by the National Trust in the 1930s with the proceeds of a bequest, and was used as a Fire Warden Centre during the World War II. During the 1960s, the house was tenanted by the ASTMS Union,
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