CHRISTMAS TOUR WITH TUDOR LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, TUDOR FESTIVE DECORATION AND OPEN FIRES LIT

Step back in time to immerse yourself in the age of the Tudors & Stuarts by visiting The Old Hall, one of the finest small Tudor manor houses in Norfolk. 

This magnificent Grade I Tudor home is set in extensive grounds with a most picturesque medieval moat. Believed to be built in 1514 by Sir Edward Chamberlayne, whose father was executed in 1491 by Henry VII for treason, it was remodelled in 1614 when the breathtakingly beautiful plaster ceiling and frieze, dated 1614, in the Great Chamber was added. The house still retains a wide range of magnificent interior original Tudor and 17th century architectural features such as fireplaces, plasterwork ceilings, fine 16th century tight ribbon-moulded beams in the hall, early 17th century winding stair with oak treads and risers around a closed timber framed well, an original 17th century dog gate, a 17th century butt-purlin and collar roof with remains of an earlier clasped purlin, wall murals and a chapel. 

The property is furnished with original 16th & 17th century furniture throughout. The exterior has a wealth of Tudor & 17th century features such as diaper-patterned brickwork, a 16th century porch and front door with linenfold panelling and carved spandrels to the frame, several early 17th century window openings with painted moulded brick pediments on pulvinated friezes and a number of early 17th century ovolo-moulded mullioned and transomed windows. The garden’s highlights are a medieval moat, a re-created Tudor kitchen garden, a re-created medieval herb garden and a 17th century inspired arboretum after John Evelyn’s ‘Sylva’ (Discourse of Forest Trees). 

Great Chamber Bedroom

The owner guided tour takes you to all rooms spread over three floors and, weather permitting, around the gardens.

Homemade jams, made to authentic 16th & 17th century recipes with organically grown fruit from the estate, available to purchase.

Tickets £40 including homemade Tudor Christmas cake & drinks

Special restrictions: No dogs, no children under 14, no stilettos, no smoking