Great Bealings, near Woodbridge
Suffolk
England
Circa Date: 1553-85 w/18th, 19th & 20th century additions and alterations
Status: Fully Extant
House Open to Public: By Appointment
Country House: Yes
The house from a 1906 postcard
Built / Designed For: Thomas Seckford
House & Family History: Thomas Seckford entertained Elizabeth I at Seckford Hall in 1588. In 1915, when she was a teenager, children's book author Enid Blyton came to stay with the Hunts at Seckford, whose secret passageway and haunted rooms probably inspired her "Famous Five" novels.
Collections: Seckford Hall supposedly contains the chair in which King Henry VII is said to have died.
Country Life: XXVII, 90, 1910.
Title: Burke's & Savills Guide to Country Houses, Volume III: East Anglia
Author: Kenworthy-Browne, John; Reid, Peter; Sayer, Michael; Watkin, David
Year Published: 1981
Publisher: London: Burke's Peerage
ISBN: 0850110351
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Grade II*
Park Listed: Not Listed
Past Seat / Home of: Thomas Seckford, 1560-87; Seckford Cage, 17th century. Goerge Hunt, early 20th century. Sir Ralph Endersby Harwood, 1940-50. Bunn family, 20th century.
Current Ownership Type: Corporation
Primary Current Ownership Use: Hotel
Ownership Details: Today Seckford Hall Hotel & Spa
House Open to Public: By Appointment
Phone: 01394-385-678
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.seckford.co.uk/
Historic Houses Member: No