Monday 26 July 2010

Clifton House Tower, King's Lynn

Clifton House is a really old building - ith parts from the 13th century,
up the the 18th Century

Please visit their website (http://www.cliftonhouse.org.uk/) for more information.

The Owners, who are slowly restoring the building to its former glory,
open the building to visitors a few days a year - these pictures were
taken at such an open day on July 25th, 2010

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The Kitchen



Dining Room

Reception room

An upstairs hall way

The main staircase - note the moulding between the windows

The bottom of the main staircase

Modern flooring is opened to show the original tile flooring

Reception room

The tower:
One of the tower rooms with wall painting from around 1620

The Tower:
The decorations are representing tapestry, which was 
the most expensive thing to line rooms with at the time

The Tower:
One of the Tower rooms still under renovation


View from the top of the tower over the Old town of Lynn

View from the top of the tower.

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