Heydon Hall
| Heydon Hall | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Country house |
| Architectural style | Elizabethan |
| Town or city | Heydon, Norfolk, NR11 6RE |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 52°48′19″N 1°08′19″E / 52.8053°N 1.1386°E |
| Completed | 1584 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Henry Dynne, an Auditor of the Exchequer. |
Heydon Hall is an Elizabethan house set in parkland near the village of Heydon, Norfolk, England.
The hall is Grade I listed on the National Heritage List for England, and its gardens are Grade II* listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.[1][2]
Location
[edit]The hall is just north-east of Heydon, and about 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east of Reepham, 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Aylsham and 14 miles (22.5 km) north-west of Norwich from where it is best reached via the B1149 road.
History
[edit]The hall was built between 1581 and 1584 for Henry Dynne, an Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer.[1] From the time of Oliver Cromwell it was first owned by the Earle family being originally bought by Erasmus Earle, a Serjeant-at-law to Cromwell. An ancient oak tree at Heydon Park is said to be where Cromwell once hid from a bull, during a visit to Erasmus.[3] A descendant, Mary, daughter of Augustine Earle married William Bulwer and it then came into the Bulwer family of Wood Dalling.[4][5]
The original large park covered approximately 600 acres (240 ha) but has mostly been broken up.
Film location
[edit]The hall was featured in the BBC's 1996 version of The Moonstone.[6] Part of the British film A Cock and Bull Story (2006) was filmed at the hall. In spring 2021, two days of filming towards This England took place in the grounds.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Historic England, "Heydon Hall (1372695)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 December 2016
- ^ Historic England, "Heydon Hall (1000187)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 December 2016
- ^ Norfolk Heritage Explorer
- ^ "HEYDON-VILLAGE-ST-PETER-AND-ST-PAULS-CHURCH-AND-HEYDON-HALL - HEYDON-HAYDON-HAYDEN-KEYS GENEALOGY". Sites.google.com. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "The Squires of Heydon Hall by Jane Preston, accessed 8 August 2011". Knebworthhousegiftshop.com. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "PeriodDramas.com - The Moonstone". Perioddramas.com. Retrieved 29 October 2017.