Heydon Hall

Heydon Hall is an Elizabethan house set in parkland near the village of Heydon, Norfolk, England.The hall is Grade I listed on the National Heritage List for England, and its gardens are Grade II* listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.LocationThe hall is just north-east of Heydon, about 2mi north-east of Reepham, 6mi west of Aylsham and 14mi north-west of Norwich from where it is best reached from the B1149 road.HistoryThe hall was built between 1581-4 for Henry Dynne, an Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer. From the time of Oliver Cromwell it was first owned by the Earle family being originally bought by Erasmus Earle, a Serjeant-at-law to Cromwell. A descendant, Mary, daughter of Augustine Earle married William Bulwer and it then came into the Bulwer family of Wood Dalling. The original large park covered approximately but has mostly been broken up.Film locationThe house was featured in the BBCs 1997 version of The Moonstone. Part of the British film A Cock and Bull Story'' (2006) was filmed at the hall.