Burnham Westgate Hall | |
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General information | |
Type | Country house |
Architectural style | Georgian, Palladian |
Location | Burnham Market, Norfolk |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 52°56′45″N 0°43′19″E / 52.945788°N 0.722072°E |
Completed | 18th century |
Technical details | |
Floor area | 15,870 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Matthew Brettingham |
Other designers | John Soane |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | Burnham Westgate Hall |
Designated | 5 June 1953[1] |
Reference no. | 1274350 |
Burnham Westgate Hall is a Georgian country house near Burnham Market, Norfolk, about 2 mi (3.2 km) south of the north Norfolk coast. It was remodelled in Palladian style in the 1780s by John Soane: it was Soane's first substantial country house commission, immediately before he started Letton Hall in 1784.
It was used to train domestic servants in the 1930s and 1940s, before becoming a local authority old people's home from 1945 to 1990. It has been a Grade II* listed building since 1953.
It returned to use as a domestic house under the ownership of Patricia Rawlings and her partner Paul Zuckerman in 1991. It was put up for sale for £10 million in 2012, and there was speculation that it might be bought by Johnny Depp, but ultimately it was not sold then. It was put up for sale again in 2019, for £7 million and again in 2020 for £4.5 million.