Oxburgh Estate

Om museet

Oxburgh Hall was built by Sir Edmund Bedingfeld, who received royal permission to fortify his new home in 1482. The red-brick house with its imposing gatehouse and moat reflects the ambitions of a courtier who rose under Edward IV. The Bedingfelds have lived here ever since, and members of the family still occupy private apartments in the hall.

The family’s story is closely tied to the fortunes of English Catholicism. Their faith brought fines and exclusion from public office under Elizabeth I, and they built a priest hole in the late 1580s to hide visiting priests. During the Civil Wars the hall was ransacked by parliamentary troops and much of the east range burned down, and the estate was confiscated and sold. The family recovered it only after the Restoration.

In the 1830s and later the 6th Baronet and his wife Margaret, who brought with them a large inheritance, had the hall restored in the Gothic Revival style by the architect John C. Buckler. This gave the house the Victorian Gothic interiors that visitors see today, with a library of flock wallpaper and heraldic decoration. Margaret also laid out the French-inspired parterre in the gardens.

After a period of decline and the sale of the estate in 1951, the hall and its gardens were bought back by the baronet’s mother and given to the National Trust in 1952. The National Trust now looks after about 200 acres of hall, gardens and parkland for visitors.

Højdepunkter

• Moated brick manor house with a gatehouse, built from 1482
• Victorian Gothic interiors, including the library with flock wallpaper and heraldic decoration
• Priest hole from the late 1580s
• Victorian formal garden with a French-inspired parterre, kitchen garden and orchard
• Parkland and woodland on the edge of the Norfolk Brecks
• Braille and large-print guides, wheelchairs and an all-terrain wheelchair to borrow

Permanente udstillinger

• Oxburgh Hall – Rooms of the moated manor house with Victorian Gothic interiors, family portraits, leather wall hangings and the story of the Bedingfeld family and their Catholic faith.
• Garden and parkland – A Victorian garden with a kitchen garden, orchard, parterre and wilderness walks, set in historic parkland.

Grundlagt

1952

Ejer

National Trust

Besøgende pr. år

ca. 105.640

Entrépriser & rabatter

Prices are standard admission without Gift Aid; with Gift Aid the adult price is £15.40, child £7.70 and family £38.50. Prices cover the hall, the formal garden and the wider parkland. National Trust members do not pay admission. Visitors who arrive without a car receive 20% off admission.

Tilgængelighed

• Delvis kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet
• Handicapparkering
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

The ground floor of the hall is accessible by a ramp, although some doorways are narrow and may not suit powered mobility vehicles. The hall is 250 metres from the main car park along a flat, loose gravel path, and the garden has two steep slopes. Nine accessible bays and a drop-off point are about 20 metres from Visitor Welcome. Manual wheelchairs and an all-terrain Mountain Trike can be borrowed free of charge, and a powered mobility vehicle can be reserved by email at least three days ahead (not on bank holiday weekends). An accessible toilet is on the ground floor of the hall, hearing induction loops are at all till points, and braille and large-print guides, sensory bags and a guide to the upstairs rooms are available at the hall entrance. A British Sign Language interpreter can be arranged with advance notice. Only assistance dogs are allowed inside the hall.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn

A family ticket is available and children under 5 enter free. In autumn 2026 there are story trails around the gardens and drawing bags to pick up around the house and estate.

Transport & parkering

Oxburgh is 7 miles south-west of Swaffham, 3 miles from the A134 at Stoke Ferry and 17 miles south of King’s Lynn. Sat-nav postcode PE33 9PS. Cyclists are welcome, but local roads have no lane markings and a national speed limit.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Museumsbutik

Servants’ Hall tea-room, the Pantry café near Visitor Welcome (open on busier days and in summer), a courtyard gift shop, a second-hand bookshop, plant sales and a picnic area.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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