Kentwell Hall

Kentwell Hall is a moated, redbrick Tudor manor house. The house was built for the Clopton family with wealth created in the wool trade.

The exterior of the house has changed little over the last 450 years.

In 1825 the interior was remodelled by Hooper and the present owners have enhanced his restoration. The Great Hall and the Dining Room emphasise their Tudor origins while the Library and the Drawing Room are classical in style.

Other restoration includes essential structural repairs and the replacement of Georgian sash windows with leaded lights.

Kentwell Hall is a family home and the owners, Patrick and Judith Phillips, are enthusiastic in their restoration of the house. There is usually some work in progress at the Hall.

Kentwell Hall is home to the 'Recreations of Tudor Domestic Life' which is held for two weeks in the summer and at holiday weekends.

Volunteers wear Tudor costume and re-create life as it would have been at Kentwell Hall for the gentry, their visitors and servants. The great kitchen, dairy, bakery and forge are fully equipped in the original 16th century manner.

The House is approached by a magnificent avenue of lime trees and surrounded by extensive grounds.

The gardens include clipped yews, a fine Herb Garden and Potager and a walled garden with a 17th century design. The attached farm is run organically and has rare breed farm animals housed in timber frame buildings.