page_title: Henham Park
section_title: Georgian hall
hierarchical_section_title: Henham Park / History / Georgian hall
caption_attribution_description: English: Henham Hall, Suffolk, drawn in 1801 by Cornelius Varley (1781-1873). British Museum ref: 1981,1107.2. Height: 233 millimetres; Width: 328 millimetres. Inscribed and dated: "Henham Hall Suffolk Lord Rous C. Varley 1801"
context_page_description: Henham Park is an historic 4,200 acre estate in the parish of Blythburgh, situated just north of the village of Blythburgh in the county of Suffolk, England, and at the intersection of the A12 and A145 main roads. It was historically the seat of the Earl of Stradbroke. In 1953 the 4th Earl demolished the Georgian manor house, known as Henham Hall.
  The current owner is Keith Rous, 6th Earl of Stradbroke, formerly of Mt Fyan's Station, Dundonnell, Victoria, Australia, a 5,900 hectare ranch which he purchased in 1989 and sold in 2016 for $ Aus 34 million. In 2006 a major £60 million redevelopment plan was announced by Hektor Rous, the estate manager and a younger son of the 6th Earl, including the building of a large hotel. The park is the venue for the Latitude Festival of arts and music and plays host to other events throughout the year.
context_section_description: In 1790 Sir John, later the first Earl of Stradbroke, commissioned James Wyatt to build a new hall, 100 yards (91 m) in front of the second hall, with accompanying parkland design by Humphrey Repton. An impressive structure, in 1858 Augusta Bonham wife of the Second Earl instructed architect Edward Barry to give it a Victorian gloss; the work was carried out by Lucas Brothers.
  This hall was demolished by the fourth Earl of Stradbroke in 1953, despite attempts by his brother, later the fifth Earl, to keep the house intact. One wall remains to this day and features a frieze depicting a Native American fighting a bear. 
  A horse mill used to operate on the estate, one of only two known in Suffolk. This is now preserved at the Museum of East Anglian Life at Stowmarket.
caption: Henham Hall in 1801, drawn by Cornelius Varley, then drawing instructor to Lord Rous[8]
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