Woolverstone Hall

Woolverstone Hall is a large country house, now in use as a school[1] and available at times as a function venue,[2] located 5 miles (8.0 km) south of the centre of Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

[4] Domesday Book recorded two manors in the area[5] which were merged in the 13th century and presided over by a succession of families until 1773, when it was purchased for £14,000 by William Berners (died 1783).

[9] The estate passed to Charles's brother and, in the 1880s, Henry Denny Berners, LL.B., Archdeacon of Suffolk, resided at Woolverstone Hall.

[13] The central block is of three storeys: a rusticated basement, first floor and attic, and has at its front centre a pediment supported by four Ionic columns.

The main living areas were originally in the central block while the wings contained offices, the kitchen, larders, laundry room, and a brewhouse.

Woolverstone Hall on the banks of the River Orwell
Woolverstone Hall on the banks of the River Orwell
Rear view of Woolverstone Hall