Historic houses · East of England
Hengrave Hall
Hengrave Hall — Grade I listed building in Suffolk, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Bury St Edmunds · 4.4 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Hengrave Hall is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Heritage designation: Grade I listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "Grade I listed building in Suffolk, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 52.2848°, 0.6725°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Breckland Farmland SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Hengrave Hall is a Grade I listed Tudor manor house in Hengrave near Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, England and was the seat of the Kitson and Gage families 1525–1887. Both families were Roman Catholic recusants.
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Background
Architecture
Work on the house was begun in 1525 by Thomas Kitson, a London merchant and member of the Mercers Company, who completed it in 1538. The house is one of the last examples of a house built around an enclosed courtyard with a great hall. It is constructed from stone taken from Ixworth Priory (dissolved in 1536) and white bricks baked at Woolpit. The house is notable for an ornate oriel window incorporating the royal arms of Henry VIII, the Kitson arms and the arms of the wife and daughters of Sir Thomas Kitson the Younger (Kitson quartered with Paget; Kitson quartered with Cornwallis; Kitson quartered with Darcy; Kitson quartered with Cavendish). The house is embattled, and in the great hall…
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- Coordinates
- 52.2848, 0.6725
- County
- Suffolk
- District
- West Suffolk
- Parish
- Hengrave
- Postcode
- IP28 6LZ
- Parliamentary constituency
- West Suffolk
- Established
- 1525
- Nearest railway station
- Bury St Edmunds — 4.4 km
- Official site
- www.hengravehall.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5714331 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Hengrave Hall (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Hengrave Hall 1.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hengrave Hall?
- Hengrave Hall is in Suffolk, East of England, United Kingdom (postcode IP28 6LZ), in the parish of Hengrave.
- When was Hengrave Hall built?
- Built or established in 1525.
- Who owns Hengrave Hall?
- Hengrave Hall is owned by David Hugh Harris.
- Is Hengrave Hall a listed building?
- Hengrave Hall is officially recognised as Grade I listed building listed.
- Is Hengrave Hall a protected site?
- Yes — Hengrave Hall is part of the Breckland Farmland SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Hengrave Hall?
- The nearest railway station is Bury St Edmunds, about 4.4 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode IP28 6LZ.