Parham Hall

Parham Old Hall, also known as Moat Hall, is a moated site and historic medieval mansion close to the village of Parham, in Suffolk, England. Closely associated with the Barons Willoughby of Parham, it is a Grade II listed building on the National Heritage List for England and includes the remains of a formal garden. The site is a scheduled monument with remains of a 15th- and 16th-century hall on its central island.[1][2] A gateway that featured heraldic shields of the Willoughbys was dismantled and shipped to America in 1926. There is in the locality another unconnected building known as Parham New Hall.

Parham Old Hall, also known as Moat Hall, Suffolk, 1815

Art

Parham Old Hall, Suffolk by C. Scott, being an Oil on canvas of 39 x 54 cm, is held in the public art collection of the Lanman Museum in Framlingham Castle, Suffolk.[3]

The famous depiction of the hall by C. Scott, held in the Lanman Museum in Framlingham Castle. The painting presents the rural beauty that drew Scott into painting the scene. Copyright of the Lanman Museum.

References
  1. "Moated site and formal garden remains at Moat Hall". Historic England. Historic England. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  2. Historic England, "Parham Old Hall (1030532)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2017
  3. "Your Paintings". Art UK. Retrieved 10 October 2015.

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