Southwick Hall, Peterborough

The rooms

The Hall
The Study
The Parlour
The Crypt
The Gothic Room
The Oak Room
The Vaulted Room
The Courtyard
Exhibitions

Garden and Grounds

The Garden
The Grounds

Inner vaulted room below circular turret (courtyard), showing shouldered doorways typical of the period 1290-1320. Vaulting probably a later 15th century insertion.

This is the oldest part of the house, built about 1300 by John Knyvett. The doorway which communicated with the Great Hall has been blocked, but on the west side are two others with shouldered heads (typical of the period). One of these opened into the room below the Solar, and the other to the foot of the stair, which was the only access to the Solar itself. The vaulting was probably inserted in the 15th century, and in the 18th century the stair was replaced by a wooden one.