Built / Designed For: Timperley family

House & Family History: Hintlesham is an Elizabethan E-shaped house that had, post-1720, a Georgian front added that has resulted in a house of two stories with a parapet, hipped roof, and quoins. The first floor Drawing Room is noted for its fine late 17th century plasterwork ceiling, which is very similar to plasterwork at Felbrigg and Melton Constable, both Norfolk houses. The early Georgian two-story Saloon (formerly the Entrance Hall) has fine wood paneling, apsed ends, and monumental doorcases. The North Wing features a circa 1690 staircase. In the 20th century, before Hintlesham became a hotel, it was the venue for a musical festival.

Collections: Thomas Gainsborough's "Heneage Lloyd and His Sister, Lucy," circa 1748-50, that once hung at Hintlesham, is today in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Garden & Outbuildings: The late 17th century red brick two-story Stables are extant.

John Bernard (J.B.) Burke, published under the title of A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, among other titles: Vol. II, p. 120, 1853.

Country Life: LXIV, 232 plan, 1928.

House Listed: Grade I

Park Listed: Not Listed

Past Seat / Home of: Sir John Fortescue, 15 thcentury. John Timperley, 15th century; Henry Timperley, 17th century; Timperley family here from the 16th century until 1720. Richard Powys, 18th century. Sir Richard Savage Lloyd, 18th century. Ryan family. Anstruther family. Stokes family. Robert Carrier, 20th century. Ruth Watson, 1983-90.

Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust

Primary Current Ownership Use: Hotel

Ownership Details: Today Hintlesham Hall Hotel

House Open to Public: By Appointment

Phone: 01473-652-334

Fax: 01473-652-463

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.hintleshamhall.co.uk

Historic Houses Member: No