Heydon Hall is an Elizabethan house in parkland near the village of Heydon, Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

, England. The Hall is Grade I listed by English Heritage

English Heritage

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Location

The Hall is just north-east of Heydon, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east of Reepham

Reepham

Reepham may refer to:*Reepham, Lincolnshire*Reepham, Norfolk*Reepham railway station...

, 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Aylsham

Aylsham

Aylsham is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Bure in north Norfolk, England, about north of Norwich. The river rises near Melton Constable, upstream from Aylsham and continues to Great Yarmouth and the North Sea, although it was only made navigable after 1779, allowing grain,...

 and 14 miles (22.5 km) north-west Norwich

Norwich

Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...

 from where it is best reached from the B4199 road.

History

The Hall was built between 1581-4 for Henry Dynne, an Auditor of the Exchequer. From the time of Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....

 it was first owned by the Earle family being originally bought by Erasmus Earle, a Serjeant-at-law

Serjeant-at-law

The Serjeants-at-Law was an order of barristers at the English bar. The position of Serjeant-at-Law , or Sergeant-Counter, was centuries old; there are writs dating to 1300 which identify them as descended from figures in France prior to the Norman Conquest...

 to Cromwell. A descendant, Mary, daughter of Augustine Earle married William Bulwer and it then came into the Bulwer family of Wood Dalling

Wood Dalling

Wood Dalling is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some east of Fakenham, south-west of Cromer, and north-west of Norwich....

. The original large park was about 600 acres (242.8 ha) but has mostly been broken up.

Film location

Part of the British film A Cock and Bull Story

A Cock and Bull Story

A Cock and Bull Story is a 2006 British comedy film directed by Michael Winterbottom...

(2006) was filmed at the Hall.