Seckford Hall
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Seckford Hall is a Tudor period
house in Seckford Hall Road, Woodbridge
, Suffolk
. In the same road are Seckford Golf Club and Seckford Farm.
The Hall was the family home of Thomas Seckford
and is now a luxury hotel, which is said to contain furniture that was once used in Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, including the very chair that King Henry VII was said to have died in. The Seckford Hotel was acquired by the Bunn family in 1950 establishing it as a first class hotel and restaurant.
Tudor period
The Tudor period usually refers to the period between 1485 and 1603, specifically in relation to the history of England. This coincides with the rule of the Tudor dynasty in England whose first monarch was Henry VII...
house in Seckford Hall Road, Woodbridge
Woodbridge, Suffolk
Woodbridge is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England. It is in the East of England, not far from the coast. It lies along the River Deben, with a population of about 7,480. The town is served by Woodbridge railway station on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line. Woodbridge is twinned with...
, Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
. In the same road are Seckford Golf Club and Seckford Farm.
The Hall was the family home of Thomas Seckford
Thomas Seckford
Thomas Seckford was an official at the court of Queen Queen Elizabeth I.Born near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, Seckford was educated at Cambridge, and in 1540 entered Gray's Inn, Thomas became one of Queen Elizabeth I’s two Masters in Ordinary of the Court of Requests which dealt with poor men’s...
and is now a luxury hotel, which is said to contain furniture that was once used in Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, including the very chair that King Henry VII was said to have died in. The Seckford Hotel was acquired by the Bunn family in 1950 establishing it as a first class hotel and restaurant.