Old Buckenham Hall School

BRETTENHAM BRETTENHAM PARK 1. 5377 Old Buckenham Hall School (formerly listed as Brettenham Hall) TL 95 SE 33/191 23.1.58 II* 2. Formerly Brettenham Hall. A large red brick mansion probably of C16 origin but extensively added to or rebuilt in the first part of the C19 when it was altered in preparation for the residence of Joseph Bonaparte, Ex-King of Naples and Spain, and brother of the first Napolean. It stands in a park of about 150 acres and is approached by an avenue of oak trees. The south front is mainly 2 storeyed and the north front has various blocks of 2, 3 and 4 storeys, with parapets and Dutch gables. The west end of the south front has a large bay with 3 windows, a panelled parapet and a ground storey loggia with 7 Roman Doric plain columns and a triglyph frieze. The north-east front is of earlier date with parapet and Dutch gable. The east wing and tower on the north front was built in 1903. The windows generally are double-hung sashes with glazing bars. There are a number of chimney stacks with octagonal shafts, moulded caps and bases.

Listing NGR: TL9571652965