Oxburgh Hall is being included in episode six of the BBC Two series Hidden Treasures of the National Trust next week.
The series follows experts who breathe new life into the places and objects cared for by the National Trust.
The piece of art that will be explored in the episode (Image: BBC)Each episode explores a different theme, linking the houses and their histories as they undergo conservation.
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Focusing on power and persecution, the episode, which will air on June 14 at 9pm, explores historical findings including scraps of centuries-old fabric found in a rat’s nest and an overlooked portrait that had previously been hidden away for years.
Interesting scraps of fabric were found in an old rat’s nest (Image: BBC)Home to the Bedingfeld family for 500 years, the moated brick manor house was built in 1482 as a statement of power.
Over the years Oxburgh Hall endured religious persecution, Civil War devastation, near dereliction and threatened demolition.
Now a National Trust property, Oxburgh’s contents reveal the collecting habits of a single family from the medieval period to the 20th century.