NHER 13240 (Monument record) - Site of medieval Sustead Hall

Late 18th century. On banks of stream running to Hanworth Park. Site of old Sustead Hall, square, moated and buttressed.
Along the stream a long boundary wall and a few stones.
Humphrey Repton, quoted by (S1) as if a contemporary description in 1900! Nothing like this seen in area by E. Rose (NAU) when visited 1977.
Owner of present 17th century hall (NHER 12328) says he believed his house stood on the site the hall had always occupied; whereas map (S2) marks Hall Farm (NHER 12106) as the Hall.
Neither corresponds to Repton's description.
E. Rose (NAU) 1977.

However if, as probably correct, NHER 12106 is only an outbuilding of the former hall, the ruins of the hall itself could have been nearby.
E. Rose (NAU) 25 October 1982.

The tithe map shows the area the same as now, with no suggestion of above site.
Hall Farm NHER 12106 is marked as such, but the Hall NHER 12328 is simply noted as 'dwelling house'.
E. Rose (NAU) 15 November 1982.

See note NHER 12328 for foundations found there, and NHER 29601 for a moat - both possible sites for above.
E. Rose (NLA) 28 July 1997.