Rendlesham Hall

[3] The son, the 1st Lord Rendlesham, who went into politics as a Member of Parliament, occupied the hall.

[3] The hall was destroyed by fire in 1830[3] and was rebuilt in Jacobean style to a design by William Burn.

[3] The new building had eight reception rooms, including a ballroom, a conservatory, twenty-five principal bedrooms with dressing rooms, nine secondary and thirteen servants' bedrooms, five bathrooms, eleven lavatories and extensive domestic offices.

[3] In 1923 the hall was sold for use as a sanatorium, in which use it remained until the Second World War, when it was occupied by the British Army.

[3] For over 80 years the hall had played a major role in the social life of Suffolk, but after World War II it stood empty, and it was finally demolished in 1949.