Warren Park

Benhill Recreation Ground is open grassland with a steep bank to the west along Benhill Road. There are occasional mature and many young and semi mature trees especially towards the south end. The 1st edition OS map of 1867 shows the site as open land with two small buildings marked ‘Brickfields' at the south end.

In 1914 Sutton UDC acquired Manor Park House, a C19th house, and converted its grounds, then neglected and overgrown, into a public park; the house was used as a school then from 1937 as Sutton Public Library until it was demolished in the 1970s. Manor Park's original bandstand was replaced by a new one in 1923, its site now that of sports pitches. The park was created to its current extent over a period of time as land from neighbouring properties was added. In 1921 Sutton's War Memorial was erected on the site of two houses to the east, purchased for the purpose. The park is on sloping land, sub-divided into areas by hedges, fences and trees, which include fine mature and semi-mature evergreen and deciduous trees. A fountain, now surrounded by formal planting, was donated by the Chairman of Sutton UDC in 1924-5.

Little Holland House was self-built by artist and craftsman Frank Reginald Dickinson (1874-1961), its design inspired by the Arts and Crafts principles of William Morris and John Ruskin. Dickinson and his wife Florence moved in 1904 on their wedding day and he lived with his family until his death. Florence remained here until she died in 1972 and the house was then purchased by LB Sutton in recognition of its importance as Dickinson's former home. The house retains many features designed and built by Dickinson, and the garden contains a number of the features, including plants and trees, dating from the original planting.