The English Home

Steeped IN HISTORY

‘My mother grew up here, and when she married, she and my father moved into the West Wing. That’s where I spent my childhood’

Carved into the front door of Grade II* listed Wiveton Hall in Norfolk is the date 1652, revealing to visitors the remarkable age of the oldest part of the Dutch-gabled, flint-faced property. The house was originally built by a merchant, John Gifford, who traded between the Norfolk coast and The Netherlands – explaining the Dutch influence in its architecture. Perhaps its most

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