Somerleyton Hall

Somerleyton Hall
The garden front
TypeCountry house
LocationSomerleyton, Suffolk
Coordinates52°31′15″N 1°40′23″E / 52.5207°N 1.6731°E / 52.5207; 1.6731
Built1844
ArchitectJohn Thomas
Architectural style(s)Jacobethan
OwnerSir Samuel Morton Peto
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameSomerleyton Hall
Designated29 January 1987
Reference no.1198046
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameStable Court to Somerleyton Hall
Designated29 January 1987
Reference no.1352646
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameKitchen Garden of Somerleyton Hall
Designated29 January 1987
Reference no.1031936
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameRemains of Winter Garden of Somerleyton Hall
Designated29 January 1987
Reference no.1031930
Official nameSomerleyton Park
Designated29 January 1987
Reference no.1000188
Somerleyton Hall is located in Suffolk
Somerleyton Hall
Location of Somerleyton Hall in Suffolk

Somerleyton Hall is a country house and 5,000-acre (2,000 ha) estate near Somerleyton and Lowestoft in Suffolk, England owned and lived in by Hugh Crossley, 4th Baron Somerleyton, originally designed by John Thomas. The hall is Grade II* listed on the National Heritage List for England, and its landscaped park and formal gardens are also Grade II* listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. The formal gardens cover 12 acres (4.9 ha). Inspired by Knepp Wildland, Somerleyton is rewilding 1,000 acres (400 ha) of the estate to which he has introduced free-roaming cattle, large black pigs and Exmoor ponies.