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Layer Marney Tower

Grade I red-brick Tudor gatehouse, decorated with wonderful Italianate terracotta. Henry VIII was so impressed by the palace, he came to stay while it was still being built. Henry, First Lord Marney, was Henry VIII's Lord Privy Seal. He died in 1523 and work stopped two years later. The church was altered to match the house and has two effigy tombs of Henry, First Lord Marney and his son, John.

Morning tours two to two and a half hours, £16 including tea or coffee with traybake; candlelit tour one and a half hours, £16 including mulled wine.

www.layermarneytower.co.uk

To book, call the Mercury Theatre on 01206 573948
or book on-line at www.mercurytheatre.co.uk. 

Other nearby properties:

The Abbey Coggeshall
Bardfield Vineyard

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