Huntingfield Hall
Developed as a model farmhouse in the late-eighteenth century by Sir Joshua Vanneck, owner of nearby Heveningham Hall, Huntingfield Hall was built on the site of a manor house that was surrounded by a medieval deer park. During the sixteenth century the old Hall was a fortified complex with courtyards and gatehouse. It is alleged that Queen Elizabeth I stayed at Huntingfield to enjoy the hunting in the park and the surviving Queen’s Oak is said to have been used as a vantage point by the Queen, although it may have been Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, who was married to the 1st Duke of Suffolk. Designed to look like a castle, possibly to designs by James Wyatt, the farmhouse acted as a folly that could be seen from Heveningham Hall and the park was incorporated into Heveningham parkland. The farmhouse appears not to have had any formal pleasure gardens.
Not open to the public
