page_title: Hall Place
section_title: Hall Place and gardens today
hierarchical_section_title: Hall Place / Hall Place and gardens today
caption_attribution_description: English: A view of Hall Place showing the topiary garden. The image was taken with a Canon EOS D30 with a Sigma 12-24mm lens.
context_page_description: Hall Place is a stately home in the London Borough of Bexley in south-east London, built in 1537 for Sir John Champneys, a wealthy merchant and former Lord Mayor of London. The house was extended in 1649 by Sir Robert Austen, a merchant from Tenterden in Kent. The house is a Grade I listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument, and surrounded by a 65-hectare award-winning garden. It is situated on the A223, Bourne Road, south of Watling Street and north of the 'Black Prince' interchange of the A2 Rochester Way and the A220.
context_section_description: Today Hall Place is restored to its original Tudor and later 17th-century designs. The property is managed by the charity Bexley Heritage Trust. 
  In June 2005 Bexley Heritage Trust received a £2 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to develop and improve the site for the benefit of visitors. This grant enabled the construction of the Riverside Cafe alongside the River Cray, a new visitor centre and an education suite. A 17th-century stable block was also converted into an art gallery, which displays works by local artists. The house itself is used as an exhibition space.
caption: A view of Hall Place showing the topiary garden
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