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- Website: : http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Description
Built in 1492, it was one of the first fortified manor houses to be built as a status symbol. Its 15C gatehouse is flanked by wings of the same period. The rooms are more recent (19C). The Needlework Room features embroideries made by Mary Queen of Scots and Bess of Hardwick. Letters from Henry VIII, Queen Mary and Elizabeth I, as well as woodcarvings by Grinling Gibons, are displayed in the King's Room. A priest-hole is hidden under the floor of the octagonal chamber next-door.
Localisation
Things to see and donearby
- The Green Guide15.2 Km - Priory, Castle Acre PE32 2AA
- The Green Guide15.7 Km - King's Lynn, Castle Acre PE32 2XD
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Where to sleepnearby
- From £4128 Oxborough207 m - Oxborough PE33 9PS
- From £52Rose Cottage3.6 Km - Stoke Ferry PE33 9TA
- From £53Garden House4.69 Km - Thetford IP26 5NF
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Where to eatnearby
- Garagem Do PetiscoAround£2515.5 Km - 11 Stores Street, Brandon IP27 0AE
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