Norfolk
Oxburgh Hall
One of my favourite haunts - Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk.
Oxburgh Hall is an magnificent moated house with a great Tudor gatehouse, built in 1482 for the Bedingfeld family.
The original outline of the house remains although there has been some alterations and restoration over the centuries.
The Great Tower is completely unchanged and rises impressively to 80 feet above the moat.
On the first floor of the tower is the King's Chamber where Henry VII stayed on a visit to Oxburgh in 1487. This room displays panels of needlework embroidered by Mary, Queen of Scots during her captivity. These were brought to the house in 1793 by the daughter of Viscount Montague of Cowdray, who married a Bedingfeld. There is also work by Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury.
The house has superb 17th century wall-coverings of embossed and painted Spanish leather on the stairs and corridor. Portraits of the Bedingfeld family are found throughout the house.
Ref: Oxburgh
Date: 11/06/09
Location: Oxburgh
Photographer: Graham Melbourne
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