Hall Houses
Follow a trail of buildings dating back to 1600s with photos of now and then during their evolution Participating properties in the commercial centre of Harleston will exhibit a poster with an historical image of the property and brief accompanying description. Properties dating from the 17th century will display an additional QR code to give further information and links to the time of the Mayflower.
Each stop is shown on the trail map and you will end on a pedestrian street with benches in the centre of town.
The trail starts from Harleston Information Plus on Exchange Street. Walk away from the Market Place and turn left into Old Market Place to begin at no. 16-18 Old Market Place.
The map also shows the many coffee shops and pubs in town. Please take time to enjoy Harleston.
Stop and Look
16-18 Old Market Place
Don’t be fooled by the rather lovely late Victorian or Edwardian front to this building. The range you see today fronting on to the Old...
18 Broad Street
Back in 1838 this building, and the others in the range along Broad Street, were owned by a John Chapman. The left hand end – now...
6 Market Place
This was an old house – a very old house that extended a long way back from the gabled end we can see in the old pictures taken from the...
4-6 Broad Street
Locally known as the Old Bank House, don’t be mis-led by the Georgian exterior – this house is old, very old! There are records going...
27-29 The Thoroughfare
Another of those deceptive buildings in Harleston, the front corner of this building is a rare and classic mid Victorian butcher’s shop. ...
22-24 London Road
November 1976. Listed, Grade II. Nos 22 and 24 London Road form a single two-storey 16th- or 17th-century timber-framed building faced in...
9 Broad Street
This was an old house – a very old house that extended a long way back from the gabled end we can see in the old pictures taken from the...
3-7 The Thoroughfare
The block of buildings adjacent to an old Hall House fronting on to the marketplace and standing on the footprint of what is now the...
This trail was created as part of Heritage Open Days 2025