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Programme of events throughout the season for all ages |  | Country walks
1ml circular walk through park. 4ml walk linking Lavenham and Long Melford close to the property |
About this property
At first sight, the thrusting turrrets of Melford Hall look very much as they did when Elizabeth I visited with her 2,000 courtiers in 1578. Inside the Hall, there is a fine panelled banqueting hall, as well as Regency, Georgian and Victorian rooms charting the tastes of the Hyde Parkers – who have lived here since 1786. The house is filled with reminders of the family's history and, as they were a naval family, this includes fine nautical paintings and even plunder looted from a Spanish ship in 1762. As well as being one of the earliest country houses in Britain to have central heating, Melford also boasts a family connection with Beatrix Potter, who sketched here on her visits, and the house is home to the original Jemima Puddleduck doll. Outside, a rare and beautiful 17th-century banqueting house, probably built by the Savage family, sits in Edwardian-style gardens that are surrounded by the remains of an ancient deer park, forming 52 hectares (130 acres) of parkland.
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