Eastbury Manor House
Visitor information
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Notice: We have now extended opening times during spring and summer. From 2 March to 31 October 2013: Monday to Thursday, and the first and second Saturday of the month, 10am to 4pm. From 2 November to 17 December 2013: Monday to Tuesday, and the first and second Saturday of the month, 10am to 4pm. Please note: the site is closed on public holidays
Striking Elizabethan merchant's house and gardens
Important brick-built Tudor gentry house, completed about 1573, little altered since. Early 17th-century wall-paintings showing fishing scenes and a cityscape grace the former Great Chamber.
Evocative exposed timbers in attic, fine original spiral oak staircase in turret, soaring chimneys, cobbled courtyard, peaceful walled garden with bee boles.
What's on
Explore the atmospheric rooms and walled garden at your leisure or on a costumed guided tour. The first Saturday of each month is Family Day, with a varied programme of children's activities and other events.
Find out more about events from the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham website
Discover the history
Eastbury Manor House was built by Clement Sysley during the reign of Elizabeth I. It was originally in an isolated position, on rising ground with views of the Thames across marshland to the south.