Blickling Hall1 mile west of Aylsham, on B1354 Built about 1620, on the site of an earlier house, for Sir Henry Hobart, Lord Chief Justice to James I., with red-brick facades adorned with domes, towers, chimneys and curved Dutch gables. The interior is mostly Georgian. Surrounded by wooded parkland, landscaped in the 18th century,and a mile-long artificial lake. The garden contains an extensive parterre, temple and secret garden. more information
Felbrigg Hall2 miles south-west of Cromer, off A148 The Hall was built in the 17th century for Thomas Windham and was built of plaster-covered brick and flint with stone dressings. William Windham I extended the house 50 years later. Today the 18th century rooms remain much as they were during William Windham II's time with 27 rooms on view .The park, with woodland, reaches right up to the the house. The grounds can be explored with the use of a variety of marked walks. more information
Holkham Hall2 miles west of Wells-next-the-Sea, off A419 This Palladian mansion was built between 1734 and 1762, constructed of local yellow brick with an Entrance Hall of English Alabaster. State Rooms occupy the first floor and there is a fine collection of Greek and Roman statuary and paintings by Old Masters. Near the Hall is Holkham Pottery and the stables house the Holkham Bygones Collection with a History of Farming exhibition in the Porter's Lodge. There is 3,000 acres of parkland with fallow deer and a lake. more information
Houghton Hall10 miles west of Fakenham, to north of A418 Fakenham - King's Lynn road. A Palladian mansion set in parkland, built in the 18th century for Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Minister to George I & George II. In 1797 Houghton passed to the 4th Earl of Cholmondeley and from then until the end of WWI the building was leased to tenants. The interiors were not altered and the main rooms survive largely as they were. Considered to be one of the finest examples of Palladian architecture in England, it is surrounded by parkland, close to the site of a deserted village. more information
Oxburgh Hall7 miles south-west of Swaffham off A134 Moated house with a great Tudor gatehouse, built in 1482, there has been some alterations and restoration over the centuries. The Great Tower is completely unchanged and rises to 80 feet. After the Civil War the house was ransacked by the Parliamentarians and set on fire. In 1951 it house was sold to a development company and then sold to Lady Bedingfeld, who gave it to the National Trust in 1952, there are gardens and woodland walks. more information
In King's Lynn, King Street, close to the Tuesday Market Place In the 15th century Kings Lynn was an important port, and over sixty guilds flourished, the Guild of St George was one of the most influential. The building, built between 1410 and 1420, is the largest surviving medieval guildhall in England. It became a courthouse, corn exchange, public meeting house, weapons store, granary, warehouse and a theatre. The earliest production at the Guildhall was in 1442. In 1766 a Georgian theatre was constructed within the hall and this has been reconstructed. The Guildhall is in the care of the National Trust. more information