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Cippenham Court Farm
First recorded in 1481, Cippenham Court Farm ranged from Farnham Royal to Dorney, and from Huntercombe Lane to the Three Tuns. It was owned by Eton College and the much diminished farm was still working until the mid-1960s. The original house didn’t survive but Cippenham Court was built on the site. Three barns did survive in varying forms of disrepair however, and have been restored to be used as commercial properties.
The Long Barn
The Long Barn public house on Cippenham Lane is one of the three former barns still standing that once belonged to the original Cippenham Court Farm. This building dates from the 17th century and has some 18th century additions. The building was granted Grade II status in 1975.
Prior to becoming a pub, the Long Barn was actually a long barn for 300-400 years. In May 2013 Tommy Flynn’s took possession and completely removed the Long Barn signs in favour of signs bearing the name of the chain. In late 2014, I am pleased to report that Tommy Flynns has reapplied the name the Long Barn once more.
The Great Barn
This barn is a Grade II listed building and was built around 1500. It was re-roofed in the 17th century and the lean-to on the front added in the 19th century. It is currently occupied by Renaissance Bathrooms.
The Old Barn
This is the third of the Cippenham Court barns. Built in the late 17th century, the building had fallen into a very poor state. It originally consisted of five timber-framed bays, one of which had collapsed beyond repair. A corrugated asbestos roof was fitted sometime in the early to mid-20th century.
Later it became quite derelict until 1987 when the structure was rebuilt with much of the original timber frame design in place. It was first occupied by Comdisco UK and named Comdisco House. The name was dropped after Comdisco left and is now known as the Old Barn.
It is a fresh–looking building needing at least a second glance to realise its true age. The freshness is helped along by the colourful window blinds installed by the current occupants, the UK marketing division of STABILO. Best known for their highlighter pens, hence the colourful blinds. STABILO have been tenants here since 2008.
Richard Suter was born in Greenwich, Kent on 30th March 1798, to William Suter and his wife Sarah Knights. On 7th January 1825 he married Anne Ruth Burn.
English architect. As Surveyor to The Fishmongers' Company he designed the severe Presbyterian churches for Ballykelly (1825–7) and Banagher (1825) on the Company's Estate in County Londonderry, drawings of which were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1827. He was also responsible for the Model Farm (1823–4), the Lancasterian Schools (1828–30), the Company Agent's House (1830–2—now a hotel, much altered), a range of houses on the south side of the main road (1823–4), the lodge in the Presbyterian churchyard (1828), and the Dispensary (1829), all at Ballykelly, and all Classical. As Surveyor to Trinity House Corporation, he designed houses that were erected by Thomas Cubitt in 1821–3 on a site adjoining Trinity House. For The Fishmongers' Company he designed St Peter's Almshouses, Wandsworth, London (1849–51), and The Old School-House, Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk(1859), in an Elizabethan style.
On the 1841 Census Richard, an architect and lawyer, can be found living in London with his wife Ann (listed as Ruth) and their two children, Richard George and Andrew Burn. Living with them is Edward D Suter. 1851 finds the family living in Tottenham Court in London, by this time Andrew had left the home, but I am unable to trace him on the 1851 Census. In 1860 Andrew marries Amelia Damaris Harrison. Both Richard George and Andrew were to become ordained ministers, with Andrew later becoming a Bishop and emigrating to New Zealand. Sadly in 1854 Anne Ruth was to pass away. In 1861, widowed Richard, Justice of the Peace for Maidenhead, is living at Castle Hill, Maidenhead, Berkshire. In 1862 he married Elizabeth Anne Pocock. In 1871 and 1881 Richard and Elizabeth are still living in Castle Hill. Richard was to pass away on 1st March1883.
Richard Suter & Annesley Voysey, architects, had their office at number 35 Fenchurch Street, but they did not have it all to themselves as they shared the premises with W.C. Franks, a tea broker, who will get a separate post some other time. The earliest mention I found of Richard Suter in Fenchurch Street is in 1832 when he is listed at that address in a list of contributing members of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. It says that he had been a member since 1829, but that does not mean he was already at 35 Fenchurch Street in that year.(1) In fact, that seems unlikely as the Sun Fire Office records give Messrs. Short and Co., merchants, as paying the insurance premium on the premises in May 1830. The Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 give the year 1827, but I do not know on what evidence. When Suter and Voysey became partners is also uncertain, but they had known each other since at least 1825 as Suter is named as one of the executors of Voysey’s will which was dated 22 July, 1825. The address given for Suter in the will is Suffolk Street, Southwark. Voysey then lives at Conway Street, Fitzroy Square.