Thorington Hall (NT)
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Overview
Thorington Hall is one of the best timber-framed houses in Suffolk. Building phases determine its unusual shape although this may also be the way it is because adjoining buildings have since been demolished. The staggered roofline, for example, shows the difference between the 1630 house and 1700 extension. You can see several good luck or witches’ marks in the house. Look out for interesting features on the staircase too, including engravings on the window panes. There is 17th-century graffiti on the panes of the west staircase window and a previous occupant carved their initials in the attic wall in 1771.
About the area
Suffolk is Constable country, where the county’s crumbling, time-ravaged coastline spreads itself under wide skies to convey a wonderful sense of remoteness and solitude. Highly evocative and atmospheric, this is where rivers wind lazily to the sea and notorious 18th-century smugglers hid from the excise men.
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