Historic Houses in East Anglia


Historic Houses in East Anglia are listed below. East Anglia is a region of great beauty and romantic landscapes, and not surprisingly is the spiritual heartland of England's famous painters, Gainsborough and Constable. From St Albans with its Roman remains to Cambridge the home of one of England's most famous universities, East Anglia is full of wonderful churches, cathedrals and stately homes. Combined with the amusement parks, cross country walks and watersports, and you'll find something of interest for all ages.



 

Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill

Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill

Quy Road, Lode, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire  
Anglesey Abbey dates from 1600 and was built on the site of a 12th century Augustinian Priory. Its life as a religious community came to an... more


Elton Hall

Elton Hall

Elton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire  
Elton Hall has been the home of the Proby family since the 17th century. In one of the three libraries is the prayer book that belonged... more


The Manor

The Manor

Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire  
Built about 1130, The Manor is one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in the country. Here the author Lucy Boston based her Green Knowe books... more


Peckover House and Garden

Peckover House and Garden

North Brink, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire  
Peckover House and Garden, facing the River Nene built in 1722. This merchant´s town house is renowned for its fine plaster and wood rococo decoration and... more


Wimpole Hall & Home Farm

Wimpole Hall & Home Farm

Arrington, Royston, Cambridgeshire  
Wimpole Hall Farm is a magnificent 18th century house, reputed to be the largest in Cambridgeshire was built for the 3rd Earl of Hardwicke. The interior... more


Audley End House & Gardens

Audley End House & Gardens

Audley End, Saffron Walden, Essex  
Audley End House was one of the great wonders of the nation when it was built by Thomas Howard for the first Earl of Suffolk, Lord... more


Blickling Hall

Blickling Hall

Blickling, Norwich, Norfolk  
Blickling Hall, built in the 17th century, is one of England´s great Jacobean houses. It is famed for its spectacular long gallery and collection of fine... more


Euston Hall

Euston Hall

Euston, Thetford, Norfolk  
Euston Hall, a Georgian redbrick country house built in 1666, is one wing of a much larger house which suffered fire in 1902. The Dukes of... more


Felbrigg Hall

Felbrigg Hall

Felbrigg, Norwich, Norfolk  
Felbrigg Hall is one of the finest 17th century houses in East Anglia, with its original 18th century collection of furniture, mainly English and French, and... more


Holkham

Holkham

Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk  
Holkham is a classic Palladian mansion built in the mid-1700s by Thomas Coke, the first Earl of Leicester and is home to his descendants. It has... more


Houghton Hall

Houghton Hall

King's Lynn, Norfolk  
Houghton Hall is one of the finest examples of an 18th century Palladian Mansion, built by Britain´s first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole. The original designs... more


Oxburgh Hall, Garden and Estate

Oxburgh Hall, Garden and Estate

Oxborough, King's Lynn, Norfolk  
Oxburgh Hall is a moated manor house with a magnificent Tudor gatehouse, built in 1482 by the Bedingfeld family, who still live there today. The rooms... more


Sandringham House

Sandringham House

Estate Office, Sandringham, Norfolk  
Sandringham House is the country retreat of Her Majesty The Queen and all the main ground floor rooms are used by the Royal Family. They are... more


Ickworth House, Park & Gardens

Ickworth House, Park & Gardens

The Rotunda, Horringer, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk  
Ickworth House was created by the eccentric Earl of Bristol, with its central rotunda and curved corridors, to house his superb collection of paintings by Titian,... more


Melford Hall

Melford Hall

Long Melford, Sudbury, Suffolk  
Melford Hall is one of East Anglia´s most celebrated Elizabethan houses that has changed little since 1578, and has been the home of the Hyde Parker... more


Somerleyton Hall & Gardens

Somerleyton Hall & Gardens

Somerleyton, Lowestoft, Suffolk  
Somerleyton Hall is an early Victorian mansion built by Sir Morton Peto in Anglo-Italian style and former home of Lord and Lady Somerleyton. Features lavish carved... more





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