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Seckford Hall

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purchased the neglected building from a demolition contractor, but it was soon afterwards commandeered by the Army for the duration of the Second World War. The property was returned after the war and early in 1946 Sir Ralph began to restore and modernise the property using materials rescued from
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other stately homes and churches. In 1950 the property was acquired by the Bunn family and converted to a hotel. The hotel is said to contain furniture that was once used in Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, including the chair that King
55:. It is built of local brick in two storeys to an E-shaped plan with a 9-bay frontage. The hall passed down in the Seckford family until 1673, when it was bequeathed to Seckford Cage, after which it passed through several hands by purchase. 173: 228: 327: 308: 218: 181: 337: 146: 102: 342: 97: 301: 294: 21: 332: 66: 210: 71: 41: 124: 266: 278: 93: 150: 52: 37: 321: 33: 59: 243: 230: 274: 45: 174:"Woodbridge: Historic Seckford Hall hotel now under new management" 20: 58:
A wartime stay after leaving school in 1915 inspired a teenage
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The hall was constructed in the 1530s as the family home of
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Tudor period
Great Bealings
Woodbridge
Suffolk
Thomas Seckford
Enid Blyton
Sir Ralph Harwood
Henry VII
Historic England
"Name: Seckford Hall (1030755)"
National Heritage List for England
"Bealings Magna Parish"
"Seckford Hall History"
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"Woodbridge: Historic Seckford Hall hotel now under new management"
the original
Seckford Hall website
Seckford Hall, Images of England
Map sources
52°05′14″N 1°17′09″E / 52.08721°N 1.28570°E / 52.08721; 1.28570
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Grade II* listed buildings in Suffolk

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