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Eating With the Tudors is now available from Amazon and also direct from the publisher, Pen and Sword.
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If you want a signed copy please email Brigitte directly by clicking here. ➛
If you are interested in a talk related to the book or Tudor food in general, please email Brigitte here to discuss the proposal.
Please note that all events and activities at the Old Hall are closed until further notice. This is due to health and safety concerns that will need to be addressed before we can re-open. Please sign up to be notified when events and activities resume. Meanwhile do head on over to the “Lectures and Courses” page to check out forth coming lectures offered by Brigitte at outside locations.
Stays at the Old Hall
Stays with the Tudor and 17th Century Experience will be at the Old Hall, a remarkably well preserved Tudor Manor House built between 1500 and 1514 (with an additional wing added in 1614). The Old Hall lies in the heart of the most Tudor of English counties, Norfolk. It is in a very peaceful rural location, never-the-less with good connections to Norwich, London and the rest of the country.
Stays with us can be of any duration whether just overnight or longer. All bedrooms (or more correctly, 'chambers' as they were referred to in Tudor times) feature period authentic furniture and decoration from early Tudor to Charles II's reign. Each chamber is individually designed with a wide range of character and flair.
The Sir Edward's Great Chamber (1514), Chamberlain's Great Chamber (1614), and George Chamberlayne's Chamber can have ensuite bathrooms, the others have private or shared bathrooms depending on availability.
Prices tba depending on room and season.
A description of each chamber is below and more photos are available at the bottom of the page.
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Sir Edward's Great Chamber
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Shared bathroom (shower) or en suite or private bathroom depending on availability
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Tudor double bed dating to c. 1490-1500
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Original Tudor fireplace
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The original Master bedroom of Sir Edward Chamberlayne c. 1514.
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Original Tudor wall niches
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Tudor wall panel and carvings
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Tudor furniture
With En-suite £tba
(depending on availability).
With private bathroom (depending on availability)
£tba.
With shared bathroom
£tba
2
George Chamberlayne's Chamber
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Shared bathroom (shower) or en suite or private bathroom depending on availability
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Original double four poster bed dating to c. 1600-1620 contemporary to William Shakespeare.
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Original bedroom of George Chamberlayne, the second Lord of the Manor.
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French 16th Century armoire and other period furniture.
With En-suite £tba (depending on availability)
With private bathroom (depending on availability)
£tba
With shared bathroom
£tba
3
Chamberlayne's Nursery chamber
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Private or shared bathroom on the same floor (depending on availability).
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Private sink in the chamber.
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Original single bed dating to Henry VIII
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All other furniture dating to early 1600s
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This is the room where some of the Chamberlayne children in the 1500s would have slept. A number of children would have slept in here, sleeping arrangements were definitely more crowded then!
With Private bathroom
£tba
With Shared bathroom
£tba
4
Chamberlain's Great Chamber (1614)
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En-suite with copper bath and shower.
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Double four poster bed dating to 1675
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Original fireplace dating to 1614 with later Georgian modifications.
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All other furniture original to the time frame, 1614, when the room was built as the Great Chamber for barrister and 4th Lord of the Manor, Edward Chamberlain.
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Original plaster ceiling frieze
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Original lead glass windows with many original panes.
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Original oak beams.
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This room features in Suzannah Lipscomb's "Walking Tudor England" Channel 5 series.
With En-suite
£tba
5
Father Richard's Chamber
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Private or shared bathroom on the same floor (depending on availability).
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Original Tudor single bed dating to c. 1600
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Original very rare Tudor wall painting dating to c. 1560 - 1570.
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This room was the original oratory used by Father Richard Chamberlain from c. 1560-1570 and comes with a unique 'ensuite' chapel in the floor above - reached by a private spiral staircase!
With Private bathroom
£tba (depending on availability)
With Shared bathroom
£tba
6
Loft Chamber (1514)
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Elizabethan double four poster bed dating to c. 1560-1600.
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Private or shared bathroom with bath and shower (depending on availability).
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Wash basin in room.
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Stunning dual aspect views over both the approach to the house and the moat.
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Original Tudor ceiling beams.
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Other furniture dating to 1600s
With Private bathroom
£tba (depending on availability)
With shared bathroom
£tba
7
Loft Chamber (1614)
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At the other end of the house this room also has an Elizabethan four poster double bed dating to c. 1560-1600
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Private bathroom or shared bathroom with bath and shower (depending on availability).
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Stunning view over the water meadow and moat.
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Original ceiling beams.
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Other furniture dating to 1600s including a rare 'children's bench', fruitwood chest of drawers, Elizabethan coffer and Italian renaissance chair.
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Very rare original 1614 loft fireplace.
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This room can be locked.
With Private bathroom
£tba (depending on availability)
With shared bathroom
£tba
8
"Visitor's" Loft Chamber
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Elizabethan single "truckle bed" dating to c. 1600
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Private bathroom or shared bathroom with bath and shower (depending on availability).
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Stunning view over the garden and part of the moat.
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Original ceiling beams.
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Quirky original chimney.
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Elizabethan coffer and Spanish early 1600s leather stool.
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Original and very rare 1600s children's court cupboard.
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This room can be locked.