Woodbastwick Hall
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Woodbastwick Hall is a country house at Woodbastwick in Norfolk.
History
The house dates back to circa 1600.{{cite web|url=http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-413-1/dissemination/pdf/norfolka1-5381.pdf|title=Building Survey at Woodbastwick Old Hall|publisher=Norfolk Archaeology Unit|date=June 2004|accessdate=10 August 2013}} In 1807 the house and estates were acquired for £76,000 from the trustees of Thomas Allday Kerrison by John Barwell Cator{{cite book |last1=Manning |first1=Patricia |title=The Cators of Beckenham and Woodbastwick |date=2002 |publisher=AuthorsOnline |isbn=0 7552 0043 8 |url=http://www.beckenhamplaceparkfriends.org.uk/catorsbyPManning.pdf |accessdate=17 August 2018 |archive-date=16 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816194457/http://www.beckenhamplaceparkfriends.org.uk/catorsbyPManning.pdf |url-status=live }} (nephew of John Cator), who became High Sheriff of Kent in 1818. It then passed down the Cator family.{{cite web|url=https://nrocatalogue.norfolk.gov.uk/index.php/cator-family-and-the-woodbastwick-estates |title=Cator family and the Woodbastwick Estates|publisher=Norfolk Record Office|access-date=24 April 2024}}
After a fire in 1819, Cator commissioned architect George Smith to rebuild the hall. After another serious fire in December 1882, the house was substantially rebuilt to a design by Ewan Christian (completed in 1889), and then used as a Red Cross auxiliary hospital during the two World Wars and subsequently as an Agricultural Training College until it was demolished in 1971.{{cite web |title=Woodbastwick, Pheasant, Woodcock, Stalking Shooting In Norfolk - GunsOnPegs |url=http://www.gunsonpegs.com/shooting-uk/east-anglia/norfolk/woodbastwick_3477 |website=gunsonpegs.com |accessdate=10 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421064003/http://www.gunsonpegs.com/shooting-uk/east-anglia/norfolk/woodbastwick_3477 |archive-date=21 April 2013}} The house was rebuilt in 2004 and is now in the ownership of Henry Cator.{{cite news |last1=Pullinger |first1=Stephen |url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/norfolk_s_high_sheriff_henry_cator_launches_charity_in_event_at_woodbastwick_hall_1_1705347 |title=Norfolk’s High Sheriff Henry Cator launches charity in event at Woodbastwick Hall |work=East Anglian Daily Times |publisher=EDP24 |date=23 November 2012 |accessdate=10 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074247/https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/norfolk_s_high_sheriff_henry_cator_launches_charity_in_event_at_woodbastwick_hall_1_1705347/ |archive-date=4 March 2016}}
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Category:Country houses in Norfolk