Smallbridge Hall

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Smallbrigg; Seinte Marie Bures

In the civil parish of Bures St Mary. In the historic county of Suffolk (Modern Authority of Suffolk, 1974 county of Suffolk).

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. Site of the 'manerium in Villa de Seinte Marie Bures' for which Richard Waldegrave received a licence to crenellate in 1383.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TL92933306

Air Photo from Air Photo and general mapping	1st edition OS Map from Mid to late 19th century maps
Modern Map from Landscape form and features	Modern Map from General location and route planning
Geograph British Isles occasionally has photos of the site and will usually give an idea of the surrounding landscape.

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 384719
Further information may be available from the holder of the county Historic Environment Record. In particular 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website, or elsewhere.

• Books
  • Page, Wm (ed), 1911, VCH Suffolk Vol1 p614
    Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p419
• Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls (1381-85) p410