Historic house · Hackney · London

Sutton House

Sutton House is a tudor manor house in Hackney. It counts as a Grade II* listed building. Look also at British Museum, 6.2 km away, first of 572 more within 15 km.

Photo: Sutton House, Julian Mason from London, UK (CC BY 2.0)

Where

In Hackney

inside the built-up area

Run by

National Trust

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 16%

#1,300 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Historic house in Hackney

Inside Hackney

Sutton House is inside Hackney’s built-up area, with 97 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by the National Trust

One of the places the National Trust looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Grade II* listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Hackney has 543 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

How the seasons run

Aim for May to September, when Hackney reaches 19–24°C.

Jan9° / 3°57 mm

Feb9° / 3°43 mm

Mar12° / 5°36 mm

Apr15° / 6°42 mm

May19° / 9°45 mm

Jun21° / 12°52 mm

Jul24° / 14°47 mm

Aug23° / 14°57 mm

Sep20° / 12°50 mm

Oct16° / 9°65 mm

Nov12° / 6°64 mm

Dec9° / 3°58 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Hackney, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Hackney. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Hackney’s full climate →

About

Sutton House

Its care is managed by the National Trust. Articles on it exist in 4 languages.

Hackney’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Run by: National Trust
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: in Hackney
Official site: nationaltrust.org.uk/sutton-house

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

The area around Sutton House

The map puts Sutton House in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

The towns around Sutton House

Home to 351,065 people, Newham is the largest of these 8. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Hackney

258,464 people · 407 places to visit

2 · 1.5 km south of it

Tower Hamlets

311,072 people · 430 places to visit

3 · 1.8 km west of it

Islington

216,309 people · 425 places to visit

4 · 1.9 km northeast of it

Waltham Forest

278,129 people · 73 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Sutton House is	People	Places to visit
Hackney	It’s in town	258,464	407
Tower Hamlets	1.5 km south of it	311,072	430
Islington	1.8 km west of it	216,309	425
Waltham Forest	1.9 km northeast of it	278,129	73
Newham	2.2 km east of it	351,065	133
Haringey	3.1 km northwest of it	264,069	149
City of London	3.6 km southwest of it	7,820	432
Southwark	4.6 km south of it	307,076	471

Make a day of it

Also within reach

2 cathedrals, 2 art galleries and a museum are among the 572 within 15 km.

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum6.2 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2

Big drawCastleTower of London4.9 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)3

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral5.1 km away 4

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey7.6 km away 5

AttractionElizabeth Tower7.4 km away 6

Historic houseBuckingham Palace8.3 km away 7

Big drawArt galleryTate Modern5.7 km away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)8

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery7 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Quick answers on Sutton House

Where is Sutton House?

Sutton House is in Hackney, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Sutton House?

Tudor manor house in Hackney.

Who runs Sutton House?

National Trust, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Sutton House?

May to September are the warmest months in Hackney, with afternoon highs of 19–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Sutton House a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near Sutton House?

Within 15 km: British Museum (6.2 km), Tower of London (4.9 km), St Paul's Cathedral (5.1 km) and Westminster Abbey (7.6 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Sutton House: Julian Mason from London, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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