Suffolk Historic Houses
 | 3 miles south-west of Bury St Edmonds off A143 Ickworth was built as a great oval rotunda with curved corridors leading to two wings and stands in an Italianate garden. It is a hundred feet high and 200 yards in length, and was built for the art collection of Frederick Augustus Hervey, Bishop of Derry. Started in 1794 it was finished 27 years later.There are collections of paintings,porcelain, furniture and silver. It was given to the National Trust in 1956. more information |
 | 3 miles north of Sudbury, off A134 A moated, redbrick Tudor manor house built for the Clopton family, the exterior of the house has changed little over the last 450 years. In 1825 the interior was remodelled and other restoration includes essential structural repairs. The Hall is a family home and has the 'Recreations of Tudor Domestic Life' for two weeks in the summer and at holiday weekends, re-creating life as it would have been. more information |
 | At Lavenham, 6 miles north-east of Sudbury, on A1141 A timber-framed Tudor building dating from about 1529 overlooking the market square. It was built by the Guild of Corpus Christi, one of three guilds founded in Lavenham to regulate the wool trade. In the 17th century the building was used as the town hall, then was used as a prison, a workhouse and a wool store. In World War II it housed evacuees. In 1951 it was given to the National Trust. Today it houses a local museum. more information |
 | In Long Melford, 3 miles north of Sudbury, on A134 Started in 1554 the great U-shaped mansion has two long wings all with warm red-brick facades. Completed by 1578, the exterior of the house is very much as it was, the changes and additions to the Hall reflect its continual habitation. The property remained in the hands of the Parker family until 1960 when it was accepted by the Treasury in part payment of death duties. more information |
 | 7 miles north of Ipswich, off B1079 A 15th century moated manor house, built around 1401 by the Gosnold family who lived there for over 250 years. The house was sold to the Rebows who let it on a lease for 200 years.Before the World War I the house passed into the hands of Mrs Arthur Sherston, who restored it, and from 1950 a succession of owners have carried out restoration work. There are ten acres of formal and informal gardens containing a canal, mount and woodland. more information |
 | In village of Wingfield, 7 miles east of Diss, signposted off B1118, near Eye Wingfield College is a remnant of the college founded by Sir John de Wingfield in 1362. In 1542 the college was dissolved and a large part was demolished. The remaining wings were remodelled in Palladian style in the 18th century. It was not until the present owner, Ian Chance, that restoration revealed the 14th century structure. Since 1981 Wingfield College has run a regular series of concerts, recitals and lectures, with exhibitions including ceramics, textiles and contemporary art and a creative arts visitor centre. more information |