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Show more details of Newbourne Hall

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)
 
 
 
Show more details of Prittlewell Priory Museum

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
 
 
 
Show more details of Coggeshall Grange Barn

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)
 
 
 
Show more details of Somerleyton Hall and Gardens
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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)
 
 
 
Show more details of The Manor
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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)
 
 
 
Show more details of Narborough Hall

Narborough, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE32 1TE

Narborough Hall is one of Norfolk’s most beautiful private homes.

  • Children welcome
  • Disabled access
 
 
 
Show more details of Hadleigh Guildhall

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)
 
 
 
Show more details of Blackthorpe Barn
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Estate Office, Rougham, Suffolk, IP30 9LZ

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Show more details of The Moot Hall

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)
 
 
 
Show more details of Hinchingbrooke Performing Arts Centre at Hinchingbrooke House

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
 
 
 
Show more details of Blakeney Guildhall

Blakeney, Norfolk

The remains of the basement of a large 14thC building.

 
 
Show more details of Haughley Park Barn
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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)
 
 
 
Show more details of The Dutch Cottage

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)
 
 
 
Show more details of The Red House - Aldeburgh

Golf Lane, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, IP15 5PZ

Many of Britten's most famous works were written here including the War Requiem.

  • Guided tour(s)
 
 
 
Show more details of The Ipswich Unitarian Meeting House

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
 
 
 
Show more details of Bayfield Hall

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
 
 
 
Show more details of Burghley House

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)
 
 
 
Show more details of Kimbolton Castle

Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, PE28 0EA

The castle is now occupied by an independent school.

  • Rail station: St Neots
  • Children welcome
  • Guided tour(s)