Benacre Hall is a Grade II listed country house and estate in Benacre,

Suffolk Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county ...

. The current house is high Georgian, with Palladian geometric influence and figures externally roughly as it stood on its building, in 1764. It is the seat of the

Gooch baronets There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Gooch, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Gooch Baronets of Benacre Hall The Gooch Baronetcy of Benacre Hall, in the Count ...

History

In the Tudor reign of Queen Elizabeth, Benacre was a lesser possession, likely fully tenanted, of

Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre {{Infobox noble , name = Gregory Fiennes , title = Baron Dacre , image = Gregory Fiennes Baron Dacre.jpg , caption = ''Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre, detail of a portrait by Hans Eworth, 1559' ...

. Henry North, of

Laxfield Laxfield is a small ancient village in northern Suffolk, England. It is located at a distinct bend in today's B roads in Zone 1 of the Great Britain numbering scheme, B1117 road. History Laxfield arose in Saxon times as it is known that an ear ...

, descended from the noble North family and purchased it in the Stuart reign of Charles I. In 1708, Edward North, dying without issue, left it to Thomas Carthew, his wife's relation, who in 1721, rebuilt the house which it is confirmed was for own use. From his son the estate was bought in 1745 by Sir

Thomas Gooch Sir Thomas Gooch, 2nd Baronet (1674–1754) was an English bishop. Life Gooch was born to Thomas Gooch of Great Yarmouth, Yarmouth, and educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, which he entered in 1691. He graduated Bachelor of Arts ...

, one of the successive

and it has ever since been the residence of that family.

Architecture

In 1827, Henry Davy wrote:

References

External links

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Suffolk heritage assets: Benacre Hall including stables and medieval deer park
{{Authority control Country houses in Suffolk Houses completed in 1764 Grade II listed buildings in Suffolk 1764 establishments in England