Giffords Hall (also called Gifford's Hall) is a Tudor manor house near

Stoke-by-Nayland Stoke-by-Nayland is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England, close to the border with Essex. The parish includes the village of Withermarsh Green and the hamlets of Thorington Street and Scotland S ...

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, England. It was described by Nikolaus Pevsner as “one of the loveliest houses of its date in England”. It is one of two houses in Suffolk formerly owned by the Gifford family in the 13th century, the other being Gifford's Hall, Wickhambrook.

Architecture

The current house is a mainly 16th century house built for the Mannock family, incorporating older fabric. It has a hall with a

hammerbeam roof A hammerbeam roof is a decorative, open timber roof truss typical of English Gothic architecture and has been called "...the most spectacular endeavour of the English Medieval carpenter". They are traditionally timber framed, using short beams pr ...

and a Tudor brick gatehouse incorporating medieval fragments.

Gallery

Exterior

File:Giffords Hall by Charles Latham, 'The South Front'.jpg, Giffords Hall gatehouse from the South-West, pre-1900 File:Giffords Hall by Charles Latham, 'The Towers'.jpg, Giffords Hall gatehouse from the South-East, pre-1900

Courtyard and interior

File:In English Homes Vol 1 Giffords Hall 31295001575223 0002.jpg, Giffords Hall courtyard and porch through the gatehouse File:Giffords Hall by Charles Latham, 'Flowers in the Quadrangle'.jpg, Giffords Hall courtyard and hall range from the West, pre-1900 File:Gardens Old and New Vol 3 Giffords Hall 0084.jpg, Giffords Hall courtyard and hall range from the East File:Giffords Hall by Charles Latham, 'Henry VII Gateway'.jpg, Giffords Hall gatehouse's North façade from the courtyard, pre-1900 File:In English Homes Vol 1 Giffords Hall King John's banqueting hall 31295001575223 0010.jpg, Giffords Hall great hall from the West

Estate

References

{{Reflist Grade I listed buildings in Suffolk Grade I listed houses Stoke-by-Nayland