Editing London Borough of Sutton (section)

===Whitehall Gallery, Cheam===
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Whitehall is a timber framed and weatherboarded house in the centre of [[Cheam]] village. It was originally built in about 1500 as a wattle and daub yeoman farmer's house but has been much extended. The external weatherboarded appearance dates from the 18th century. In the garden there is a medieval well which served an earlier building on the site. Now an [[historic house museum]], the building features a period kitchen, and house details from the [[Georgian era|Georgian]], [[Victorian era|Victorian]] and [[Edwardian]] eras.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.friendsofwhitehallcheam.co.uk/Whitehall_History.htm |title=Whitehall History |access-date=2014-10-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006124943/http://www.friendsofwhitehallcheam.co.uk/Whitehall_History.htm |archive-date=6 October 2014 }} Whitehall History</ref> The museum temporarily closed in 2016 to allow for a £1.6m refurbishment of the building. It reopened in 2018 with improved facilities.<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://friendsofwhitehallcheam.co.uk/
|title= Friends of Whitehall Homepage
|access-date= 17 July 2018
}}</ref> Jill Whitehead, chair of the council's environment and neighbourhood committee, said: "The redevelopment of the Whitehall Museum is of major significance to the borough as it is one of our oldest and most historic buildings."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/news/14410570.500_year_old_museum_to_close_for___1_6m_renovation/?ref=eb |title=500-year-old Cheam museum to close for £1.6m renovation (From Sutton Guardian) |newspaper=Suttonguardian.co.uk |date=7 April 2016 |author=Anders Anglesey |access-date=25 October 2016}}</ref>