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Clifton House
Probably the finest surviving merchant's town house in England, grade-one listed Clifton House provides 'the most remarkable catalogue of building periods from the middle ages onwards' (Pevsner). As well as Tudor, Stuart and Georgian interiors and a magnificent staircase by Henry Bell, the tour includes the famous Elizabethan tower with its Jacobean murals and spectacular views. The house was begun in 1250 and subsequently remodelled by owners up to the Georgian period. The huge medieval wine cellar is the earliest brick structure in Norfolk; the kitchen has the largest domestic medieval tiled pavement in England (visible through hatches) and the five-storey tower, built in the 1570s, is unique. After half a century of institutional use the house is now being restored as a family house.
Tour approx 2 hours, £13 including tea, coffee and home-made cakes.
| Tour Dates 2012 | |
|---|---|
| June | Fri 15, 3.30 pm |
| June | Fri 29, 3.30 pm |
| July | Fri 13, 3.30 pm |
| August | Fri 17, 3.30 pm |
| September | Fri 14, 3.30 pm |
To book, call the Mercury Theatre on 01206 573948
or book on-line at www.mercurytheatre.co.uk.
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