Historic Houses in East Anglia
Newbourne, Mill Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4NP
Hall house with timber framing of c1480, Tudor brickwork, pargetting and plaster work of around 1600. Open by written appointment only.
- Rail station: Ipswich (10 miles)
- Parking: free
- Guided tour(s)
Priory Park, Victoria Avenue, Southend, Essex, SS2 6NB
Well preserved 12th Century Priory housing a museum of the Priory's history. At some time during 2008 the museum will close for building work.
- Free entry
The National Trust, Grange Hill, Coggeshall, Essex, CO6 1RE
Grange Barn stands as a reminder of the once powerful Coggeshall Abbey; with ancient pillars soaring to a cathedral like roof.
- Rail station: Kelvedon (3 miles)
- Parking: free
- Children welcome
- Guided tour(s)
The Hall, Somerleyton, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 5QQ
Come and explore 12 acres of fabulous landscaped gardens, get lost for a while in our famous 1864 yew hedge maze and let our tour guides take you on a grand tour of Somerleyton Hall's sumptuous state rooms.
- Rail station: Somerleyton (2 miles)
- Parking: free
- Children welcome
- Guided tour(s)
Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 9BN
Built about 1130, The Manor is one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in the country.
- Rail station: Huntingdon (8 miles)
- Children welcome
- Guided tour(s)
Narborough, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE32 1TE
Narborough Hall is one of Norfolk’s most beautiful private homes.
- Children welcome
- Disabled access
Market Place, Hadleigh, Suffolk, IP7 5DN
Grade I listed building which has a number of magnificent rooms and hall available to hire including The Grand Hall, The Dining Room, The Old Town Hall, The Guildroom, The Council Chamber and a secluded garden area.
- Rail station: Ipswich (12 miles)
- Parking: free
- Children welcome
- Disabled access
- Guided tour(s)
High Street, Maldon, Essex, CM9 5PF
15th Century brick building with spiral staircase includes a Georgian court room and Victorian Council Chamber.
- Parking: with charge
- Children welcome
- Guided tour(s)
Brampton Road, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 3BN
Hinchingbrooke House is a Tudor country house and caters for weddings, events, conferences, fairs and exhibitions.
- Rail station: Huntingdon
- Parking: free
- Children welcome
Haughley Park, Nr Wetherden, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 3JY
A 17th Century brick and timber barn converted for use as a venue for weddings, meetings and other events. Approached though parkland and set in the gardens of the grade l historic house.
- Rail station: Stowmarket (4 miles)
- Parking: free
- Children welcome
- Guided tour(s)
Crown Hill, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 7HQ
The tiny octagonal cottage based on the design of the 17th century Dutch settlers must be one of the smallest and certainly most unusual 'council houses' in Britain.
- Rail station: Rayleigh
- Guided tour(s)
Golf Lane, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, IP15 5PZ
Many of Britten's most famous works were written here including the War Requiem.
- Guided tour(s)
Friars Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 1TD
A Grade I Listed building, built 1699, opened in 1700. One of the finest surviving Dissenters' Meeting Houses in the country and one of the most important historic structures in Ipswich.
- Rail station: Ipswich
- Children welcome
- Free entry
- Disabled access
Glandford, Holt, Norfolk, NR25 7JN
There has been a settlement in the Glaven valley since the Roman period and 'Bayfelda' is even mentioned in the Doomsday Book - the well preserved ruins of St Margaret's Church in the garden exhibits classic Anglo-Saxon architecture.
- Parking: free
- Children welcome
The House Office, Burghley House, Cambridgeshire, PE9 3JY
One of the largest and grandest houses of the Elizabethan age, Burghley was built and designed by William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I, between 1555 and 1587, and is still lived in by his descendants.
- Rail station: Stamford (1 mile)
- Children welcome
- Disabled access
- Guided tour(s)
- Rail station: St Neots
- Children welcome
- Guided tour(s)

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