Great Saxham Hall

Great Saxham Hall is a large country house completed in 1798, designed by Joseph Patience, a pupil of Soane. The building has two storeys, with stucco walls and slated roofs. It features a central portico supported by four giant Ionic columns. The pediment above the portico is adorned with three urns, and the tympanum displays a cartouche with a lion rampant, flanked by palm branches. The layout follows an A-B-C-B-A pattern, with a service wing to the left.

Under the portico, there is a range of three 12-light sash windows, which have pediments on console brackets added around 1840. The central entrance door is framed by an architrave and consists of a pair of three fielded-panel doors. There are recessed bays on either side, each one window wide. The end bays each feature a pair of attached Ionic columns and piers flanking a sash window, which on the ground floor is tripartite with a sunk semi-circular panel above; the right bay has an inserted fanlight. A Coade stone bas-relief ornament within the left panel is one of several that were mostly removed around 1840. The mid-19th century parapet balustrading was lowered around 1980.

The service wing is likely original but was remodeled around 1840. It has a six-panel side entrance door dating from 1798, complete with a leaded fanlight and a bas-relief panel above. At the rear, there is an octagonal three-storey wing that originally had an upper room two storeys high, featuring a plaster ceiling in the style of Angelica Kauffman, with ovals depicting the muses linked by delicate tracery. Other internal features in the Adam style include fireplaces, doorcases with entablatures, and a staircase with a wrought iron balustrade. The dining room showcases Corinthian pilasters and mid-18th century joinery features. Additionally, there is a stone sundial located 15 yards east of the house, along with a wrought iron scrolly gate and piers at the north-east corner, which are not of special interest.