County guide · The Stately Homes
Best stately homes in Norfolk
Norfolk's houses include the Jacobean Blickling Estate, long linked in legend with Anne Boleyn, the moated Oxburgh Hall, and the Jacobean Felbrigg Hall.
There are 7 stately homes in Norfolk on this list. Blickling Estate is the best-rated, at 4.7 from 6,677 Google reviews. Sandringham House draws the most reviews of any house here, 11,184 of them.
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Every stately home on this list - 7 in total, 6 you can stay overnight in
Sandringham House
Norfolk
Privately owned country residence of the British monarch, not a Crown Estate property.
Blickling Estate
Norfolk
Jacobean red-brick mansion, birthplace associated with the Boleyn family
Holkham Hall
Norfolk
18th-century Palladian house at the centre of the Holkham Estate.
Oxburgh Hall
Norfolk
Moated Tudor manor house, home of the Bedingfeld family since the 1480s
Felbrigg Hall
Norfolk
17th-century house noted for its Jacobean facade and 18th-century library
Houghton Hall
Norfolk
Palladian mansion built for Sir Robert Walpole, now home of the Cholmondeley family.
Great Yarmouth Row Houses and Greyfriars' Cloisters
Norfolk
Includes the Old Merchant's House, a subdivided early-17th-century merchant's residence with ornate plaster ceilings, restored as a museum after WWII bomb damage.
Common questions
How many stately homes can you visit in Norfolk?
7 stately homes in Norfolk are on this list. Every one of them opens to visitors in some form, whether that is a ticketed house, a regular tour or a hotel occupying the building itself.
Which is the best-rated stately home in Norfolk?
Blickling Estate, rated 4.7 from 6,677 Google reviews. Only houses with at least 100 reviews are considered, so a high score from a handful of visitors does not top the list.
Which stately home in Norfolk is the most reviewed?
Sandringham House, with 11,184 Google reviews at 4.6. That is a rough proxy for how well known and how busy a house is, not a visitor figure, which no house here publishes.
Are any stately homes in Norfolk free to enter?
None of the 7 on this list is recorded as free entry. Entry prices are set by each house rather than held here, and several are covered by a membership scheme, so check the operator's own site before you travel.
Who runs the stately homes in Norfolk?
Of the 7 on this list, 1 is run by English Heritage, 3 are run by the National Trust and the remaining 3 by private estates, independent trusts or local councils. Who owns a house decides whether a membership card gets you in, so each entry names its operator and links to the official site.