19 Facts About Kentwell Hall

Kentwell Hall is a stately home in Long Melford, Suffolk, England.

Kentwell Hall has been the background location for numerous film and television productions, and, since 1979, has annually been the scene of Tudor and other period historical re-enactments, with weddings and other events.

An interpretation of papal tithe records suggests that Kentwell Hall was owned by a person called Galleus from 1145 to 1148; and there are references in Church papers to a "De Kentewell" family, including one Sir Gilbert de Kentewell, in the 13th century.

Between the years 1252 and 1272, Kentwell Hall Manor appears to have been granted by King Henry III to Sir William de Valence, who was killed in battle in France in 1296.

Kentwell Hall passed to his niece, who married David Strabolgie, Earl of Athol; in 1333 he in turn conveyed the manor to Sir Robert Gower and his heirs.

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Kentwell Hall passed to Sir Robert Gower's daughter and afterwards, in 1368, to John Gower, poet, a personal friend of Geoffrey Chaucer.

In 1373 Kentwell Hall was acquired by Sir John Cobham and soon afterwards passed to the ownership of the Mylde family.

Current Kentwell Hall was constructed by several generations of the Clopton family.

Kentwell Hall fought at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415 and died in 1446; he is buried in the Kentwell aisle in the nearby Holy Trinity Church where his effigy, in full armour, is displayed.

Main house at Kentwell Hall was built in three phases: the main block, initially of two levels; the wings; and finally a third level.

Kentwell Hall was responsible for planting the mile-long avenue of lime trees that borders the driveway to the house and which still exists today.

Kentwell Hall passed to his son, Sir Lumley Robinson, but he died the following year.

In 1823, Kentwell Hall was purchased by Robert Hart Logan, a Canadian of Scots descent who had made his fortune in the timber trade.

Kentwell Hall engaged Thomas Hopper, the noted Victorian architect, to design the changes.

Kentwell Hall was sold to the Starkie Bence family who continued to occupy or let the house for over a century.

From 1889, although Kentwell Hall remained in the ownership of the Starkie Bence family, it was let to a succession of tenants.

Since 1979, Kentwell Hall has presented Tudor period re-enactment events, portraying scenes of domestic Tudor life.

Kentwell Hall has presented Victorian period re-enactment events since 2009.

Kentwell Hall has featured as a location for a number of film and TV productions.