page_title: Kentwell Hall
section_title: Late 17th century to early 19th century
hierarchical_section_title: Kentwell Hall / History / Late 17th century to early 19th century
caption_attribution_description: English: Engraving of Kentwell Hall, Suffolk, United Kingdom. The artist was THOMAS HIGHAM (1796-1844), a landscape engraver and draughtsman.
context_page_description: Kentwell Hall is a stately home in Long Melford, Suffolk, England. It includes the hall, outbuildings, a rare-breeds farm and gardens. Most of the current building facade dates from the mid-16th century, but the origins of Kentwell are much earlier, with references in the Domesday Book of 1086.
  Kentwell has been the background location for numerous film and television productions, and, since 1979, has annually been the scene of Tudor period historical re-enactments. It also hosts Scaresville, an annual Hallowe'en event which won the Best Seasonal or Hallowe'en Event in 2009 at the UK's annual Screamie Awards.
context_section_description: This period is the least well documented in the recent history of the Kentwell estate. During this period, Kentwell was owned by the heirs of the Moore family, but few details are known. 
   
  From 1782 to 1823, the owner was Richard Moore and there is evidence of work carried out by him to the interior.  There are Georgian features such as dentil cornices, fireplaces and doorways introduced during this period; and the mantlepiece in the Moat Bedroom, in the west wing, is decorated with the coat of arms of the Moore family. Some historians also believe that the Library and the Billiard Room, in the east wing, were created at the same time.
caption: Kentwell Hall in 1818 by landscape engraver Thomas Higham, during Richard Moore's occupancy
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