Shrubland Hall, Suffolk
The beautiful Shrubland Hall, Suffolk (UK), collection of art prints, homeware and gifts.
Shrubland Hall, Barham, Suffolk, is a historic English country house with planned gardens in Suffolk, England, built in the 1770s.
The first recorded owner of the estate was Robert de Shrubeland, although there is evidence of occupation on the site since the Roman period. Shrubland Old Hall was built by the Booth family in the early 16th century and demolished in the early 19th century.
The present Grade II* listed hall was designed by James Paine for the Revd. John Bacon in the early 1770s. It was bought in 1788 by Sir William Fowle Middleton, Bt, who commissioned architect John Gandy-Deering to remodel it in the early 1830s. There was further remodelling of the building for Sir William between 1849 and 1855 by Sir Charles Barry, who also created the terraced gardens. Paine's central block was built in 3 storeys with a 5 bay frontage, to which Gandy-Deering added 3 further bays to either side. The whole is constructed of Gault brick with dressings of limestone and stucco. The parkland was styled by Humphry Repton and still retains the deer park and walled garden.
