Despite its fortified appearance, Oxburgh Hall was built as a family home. The moated, brick manor house was completed for Sir Edmund Bedingfeld in 1482 and his descendants have lived there ever since, although it is now owned by the National Trust. Its most illustrious visitor was Henry VII and his room has changed little since his visit in 1487.

As a staunch Catholics, the house features a priest hole. Over the centuries it has survived fire, war, dereliction and threats of demolition. It was restored in the mid-19th century by Victorian craftsmen.