Hautbois Hall
Hautbois Hall is a private residence set in grounds by the river Bure. It was built in the reign of King Edward VI in 1553, and remains a splendid example of a Tudor manor house with pretensions. Probably erected on the site of an existing manor house, the house contains a medieval staircase. Three stories in height and four bays in length, it is only one room deep. The two storey kitchen block, while almost identical in style to the main black, is seventeenth century in date. Tall chimneys and finials on gables and dormer windows increase the building's height, while stone mullioned windows and diapered brickwork add to the building's impressive appearance. It is thought that the family of the original builder went bankrupt about a century after its building and the buildings passed into the ownership of a charity connected with the church of St Peter Parmentgate, Norwich. A painting dated 1840 shows large extensions, removed in a late nineteenth-century restoration.
The hall has been painstakingly restored by the present owners, and it retains many of its original Tudor features.
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