{"id":3891,"date":"2023-08-11T11:40:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T11:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=3891"},"modified":"2023-08-20T21:29:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T21:29:48","slug":"haughley-house-suffolk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=3891","title":{"rendered":"Haughley House, Suffolk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/haughley.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/haughley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/haughley.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/haughley-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/haughley-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <em>Private.<\/em>  I visited Haughley House under the HHA&#8217;s &#8216;Invitation to View&#8221; scheme, where one gets a tour conducted by the owner, plus afternoon tea. The house also operates as a B&#038;B.<br \/>\nThe house dates from the 16th century, and the older parts are timber framed, unlike the 18th century extensions. Of particular note are the owners\u2019 collections of fans, antique weaponry and militaria. Other features include include the priest hole in a chimney, two bricked up tunnels and manorial documents on display. There is also a three-acre garden with a walled kitchen garden.<br \/>\nMy tour included the ground floor, first floor and a glimpse down into the cellar, and a tour of the gardens.<br \/>\nExternally the house does not look very interesting, but the interiors and contents are of greater interest, and it is worth a visit.<br \/>\nThe house (for once) is easy to find, as satnav will take you into the village and you just have to bear right at the small village green and follow the Folly road round till you spot the house sign on the right.<br \/>\nPhotography is not permitted on the tour but you can find a gallery of photos on the B&#038;B website.<br \/>\nThere is little to see of the nearby castle ruin, as it is on private property and shrouded by trees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Private. I visited Haughley House under the HHA&#8217;s &#8216;Invitation to View&#8221; scheme, where one gets a tour conducted by the owner, plus afternoon tea. The house also operates as a B&#038;B. The house dates from the 16th century, and the older parts are timber framed, unlike the 18th century extensions. Of particular note are the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=3891\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Haughley House, Suffolk&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3891"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3891"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3895,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3891\/revisions\/3895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}