16 and 18 Old Market Place form part of one of the oldest buildings in town with some of the rear wing dating back to before 1400! In Hallowed Halls We have heard of the Saxon Kings listening to epic tales like Beowulf, or the Vikings drinking and thinking of Valhalla in their great halls, surrounded by their followers, but the use of halls did not end there, they continued right into the late Middle Ages – and they survive in Harleston! The oldest building in Harleston now l

Knighted by Queen Elizabeth I Another Hall that would have had the fire in the centre and the smoke winding up towards the rafters is...