Monument record HAM 006 - Henham Hall (site of)

Henham (new) Hall (site of).
The old hall at Henham (see HAM 015) was burnt down in 1773, though drawings of it do exist. A new house was built for the Rous family, Earls of Stradbroke, by James Wyatt 1793-1797. This was later altered by E M Barry in C19. Pulled down in 1953. All that remains are the stables, dovecote and dairy, probably by Wyatt.
Long crinkle crankle wall in the garden.
Park laid out by Humphry Repton. For (Registered) gardens see HAM 016.
Henham Hall nad Park shown on Ogilby's map (S4) as an empaled wooded deer park and mansion, 1675.
Further details in (S2). Also see (S3) (R1).
See details in Lost Country Houses of Suffolk by WM Roberts.
2007: A resistivity survey was carried out in the ground of Henham Park to identify anomalies associated with the former Tudor and Georgian Halls situated in the survey area. The survey has . Successfully identified structural remains associated with the demolished Georgian Hall. Possible structural remains have been identified in the north of the survey that may relate to the Tudor Hall, although a comprehensive layout of the earlier Hall cannot be identified. This may be due to the possible robbing of building material. Several former garden pathways, as seen on the I904 OS map, have also been identified (S6).
2012: Results from the magnetic survey show responses associated with the Georgian hall. The majority of the data is magnetically disturbed which may indicate brick rubble associated with the Tudor hall or past landscaping. Modern responses are also visible within the data in the form of metal pipes. GPR survey has clearly identified the position and width of the west, south and east ranges of the Tudor house, including the southwest tower. The central entrance tower was only partly surveyed due to trenches and spoil material. Some responses relating to the northern range were also identified thereby delimiting the footprint of the Tudor dwelling. Part of the footprint of the Georgian mansion was mapped, the data also revealed, with depth, the extent of the more recent house’s cellars (S8).
2014: Evaluation confirmed the position of the Georgian House (S7).
2008: Method Statement for Time Team non-invasive and invasive work proposed at Henham Park to determine the character and boundaries of the Park over time and the character of sib-surface archaeological remains comprising manor houses known to have existed on the site in the 15th and 16th centuries as well as to investigate the possible location of a proposed early medieval Henham Hall bounded by a linear pond, thought to be the possible remnants of a moat (S9).

An evaluation was carried out by Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’ on the site of the Tudor hall, demolished in the 18th century, and that of its 18th-century replacement, demolished in 1953, but no report has yet been received.
Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2012 (S10)