Historic Houses in East Anglia

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

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 one of the... more

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 also displays on the... more

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 a magnificent alabaster... more

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 Grafton are descended from Charles... more

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 show how the house... more

Somerleyton, Lowestoft, Suffolk  

Somerleyton Hall, originally Jacobean, was redesigned by Sir Morton Peto in Victorian Anglo-Italian style and is home to the Crossley family. Features include lavish carved... more

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 furniture,... more

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 is a rich mixture of... more

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 family since 1786. The... more

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 were by... more

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 end in 1535 with Henry VIII´s... more

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 Treasurer to James I. The property was... more

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 to Henry VIII, and there is an... more

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 full of their ornaments and... more

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 and readers feel that... more