Oxburgh Hall

Today's the day ............................ to crenellate

We visited Oxburgh Hall today near Swaffham in Norfolk. In 1482, King Edward IV, granted Sir Edmund Bedingfeld a license to crenellate and he founded a brick quadrangular fortress, encased by a wide moat. The house has been continuously inhabited by the family since then notwithstanding a bit of damage during the Civil War.

The house, which is owned by the National Trust, wasn't open to the public until later in the year - but we walked in the gardens. The woodland trail took us through a white carpet of snowdrops and the daffodils were already pushing their way through.

It all looked so pristine and in good order. It was hard to believe that it has remained virtually unchanged for over 500 years .........................