Belle View House, Sudbury

Replacing an earlier house on the same site, the house was built for Sudbury solicitor Henry Crabb Canham in 1873 at a tender price of £2497. The Canham family lived there for almost 40 years. During the First World War it became a Red Cross Hospital for convalescing soldiers. It is assumed that Henry Spalding gained this commission through his local connections.

TO BUILDERS - PARTIES desiring to TENDER for the Erection of a RESIDENCE for Henry C. Canham Esq at Sudbury, Suffolk, are requested to make early application to the undersigned, at their Offices.  No. 1, Bloomsbury Place, London. SPALDING & KNIGHT, Architects. [Ipswich Journal 8 June 1872]

Reference        Ipswich Journal 8 June 1872 - contracts
Reference        Builder 6 July 1872 page 534 6 July 1872 page 534 – tenders
Reference        Sudbury Society Newsletter, Spring 2015 page 7-8