Historic houses · East of England
Bredfield House
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Bredfield House — house in Bredfield, Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Melton · 2.3 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
Getting there & planning your visit
Bredfield House is located in Suffolk, with the nearest railway station being Melton, approximately 2.3 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is IP13 6AA. Accessibility is limited for wheelchair users.
About
Bredfield House is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Heritage designation: Grade II listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "house in Bredfield, Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk, England, UK". Coordinates: 52.1141°, 1.3081°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Suffolk Coast & Heaths
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Bredfield House (or White House as it was also known) was a now-demolished country house situated in the village of Bredfield, around 2 miles north of Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. It was a Jacobean building and was traditionally the seat of the Jenney family.
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Background
History
In the seventeenth century Bredfield belonged to the Marryot family, who built the house. It passed to the Jenney family in 1683 by the marriage of Dorothy, daughter and co-heiress of Robert Marryott, to Edmund, the second son of Sir Robert Jenney. A later Edmund Jenney was High Sheriff of Suffolk for 1740. The house is best known as the birthplace Edward FitzGerald (1809 1883), who translated the Rubàiyàt of Omar Khayyàm. Edward's father, John Fitzgerald, had rented it in 1801 from the Jenneys on his marriage to Edward's mother. Edward described it in his poem of 1839, Bredfield Hall which starts thus: Fitzgerald described the house as overlooking Hollesley Bay at the time when Horatio…
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- Coordinates
- 52.1141, 1.3081
- County
- Suffolk
- District
- East Suffolk
- Parish
- Bredfield
- Postcode
- IP13 6AA
- Parliamentary constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
- Nearest railway station
- Melton — 2.3 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q4960131 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Bredfield House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: The White House, Bredfield, Suffolk postcard c.1905.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Bredfield House?
- Bredfield House is in Suffolk, East of England, United Kingdom (postcode IP13 6AA), in the parish of Bredfield.
- What is Bredfield House?
- Bredfield House — house in Bredfield, Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk, England, UK.
- How do I get to Bredfield House?
- The nearest railway station is Melton, about 2.3 km away. Drivers can use postcode IP13 6AA.
- Is Bredfield House a listed building?
- Bredfield House is officially recognised as Grade II listed building listed.
- Is Bredfield House a protected site?
- Yes — Bredfield House is part of the Suffolk Coast & Heaths National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Bredfield House?
- The nearest railway station is Melton, about 2.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode IP13 6AA.