Oxburgh Hall was built in 1482 by Sir Edmund Bedingfield so it is over 800 years old!
We walked through the kitchen garden on our way to the big house.
Oxburgh Hall was given to The National Trust by the Bedingfield family in 1952 following the threat of demolition as it had fallen into disrepair.
A moat surrounds the whole of Oxburgh Hall so we went across a bridge to go inside.
There is a very precious glass goblet there which was made in 1750.
As I looked at the Jacobite glass I thought about how awful if would be if a human accidentally dropped it and broke it!
There were lots of books and bright patterned wallpaper in the library.
I found a wonderful little bear sized chair in a bedroom but bears aren’t allowed to sit on antique furniture!
We had a rest on a bench that humans and bears were allowed to sit on!
Oxburgh has a tapestry that was sewn by Mary Queen of Scots while she was imprisoned there between 1569 and 1585.
Maurice and Alf managed to climb up the stairs though their legs aren’t good at holding up their well stuffed bodies!
Upstairs we found a priest hole. During the reign of Elizabeth I the Catholic religion was not allowed. Catholic families with stately homes such as the Bedingfields built hiding places for Catholic priests to protect them. This hole was very well hidden with a stone slab above it.
We didn’t take many photos as the house is quite dark inside.
There is an excellent National Trust cafe at Oxburgh where we very much enjoyed lunch!
If you are in Norfolk do call in at Oxburgh; we found it all very interesting.
For more information see: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/norfolk/oxburgh-estate
Horace the Alresford Bear 7/9/2025
Horace the Alresford Bear 
A very interesting story, I have been there a few years ago (in 2021) and found it very interesting to see all the different rooms
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wow Horace I love this tour & love antiques what a fantastic time I had following you & your team of Teddys I am so proud to be a part in this & many thanks for inviting me I Love you & your family but be very cotetios about that well covered hole that had possible antique hidden air that’s no good to breath in can get you sickly so always ware a mask in dongons ok 🙏❤️💯🎈
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We didn’t go into the priest hole but had we gone down there the air would not have been any risk to us.
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I luckily had a friend that worked and lived on site. When I went to visit her it was out of hours so I got to drive across the moat and park in the courtyard. I also got to walk around with her when she had to do an evening check. What I remember the most was having help open the big gate doors to go back over the moat and it was a misty night and then seeing the doors shut with by brake lights lighting up the mist, it was very surreal and then slowly driving through the grounds back to the main road was quite spooky.
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well I don’t know about old air just trying to protect you guys from the unknown I wish I can give Horace a squeezable Hug to let him know I care even you I loved the Tour I will be sharing more of your posts when I can thank you Karen Hugs 🤗
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This was fantastic, Horace!! Thank you for posting! Archie liked it a lot too!🥰😍
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