Tudor house surviving in the heart of a thriving East London community.Built in 1535 by prominent courtier of Henry VIII, Sir Ralph Sadleir, Sutton House retains much of the atmosphere of a Tudor home despite some alterations by later occupants, including a succession of merchants, Huguenot silkweavers, and squatters. Discover oak-panelled rooms, original carved fireplaces and a charming courtyard.

Sutton House was built in 1535 by Ralph Sadleir a courtier of Henry VIII. At the age of fourteen Ralph had been placed in the household of Thomas Cromwell. Here he learnt Latin and developed other skills he would later put to good use in his political career.
Sadleir carried out missions in connection to the Dissolution of the Monastries. He was later sent on embassies to Scotland and France.
At Cromwell’s house Sadleir met his wife Helen Barre. By 1535 Ralph had built his family a three-storey house in Hackney, ‘the bryk place’.
A house divided
In 1751 John Cox divided the house into two self-contained residences; Ivy House and Milford House. The Hackney Parish rate books provide a complete record of the occupants of the two houses from the 1750s.
The Blue House
In 1982 the house was occupied by squatters and re named ‘the Blue House’. Rock concerts were held in the barn.