Smallbridge Hall
Has been described as a Possible Fortified Manor House
There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains
| Name | Smallbridge Hall |
| Alternative Names | Smallbrigg; Seinte Marie Bures |
| Historic Country | Suffolk |
| Modern Authority | Suffolk |
| 1974 Authority | Suffolk |
| Civil Parish | Bures St Mary |
Late C16 two storey, attic house largely rebuilt in red brick Elizabethan style in 1874, and much restored in 1932. The house was formerly surrounded by a moat which is now only waterfilled occasionally on the north and south sides. To the south are remains of two fishponds. (PastScape)
Smallbridge, now a farmhouse, was once the residence of the oldest branch of the Waldegraves. It is a good example of Elizabethan architecture, and there are evidences that it was a moated building. The mullions of the windows and the string course are of moulded brick. Queen Elizabeth visited Smallbridge in 1561 and 1579 (Barker Page). At Smallbridge, on the northern bank of the River Stour, there remain two sides of a moat, and a wide channel cut from the river supplied the water and at the same time doubled the defence on the western side (VCH). (PastScape)
Not scheduled
This is a Grade 2* listed building protected by law
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| OS Map Grid Reference | TL929330 |
| Latitude | 51.9625091552734 |
| Longitude | 0.806760013103485 |
| Eastings | 592930 |
| Northings | 233060 |
