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Our popular Artisan Market back again Spring Bank Holiday
Little Hall opened its 2025 season at the end of March and is now in full swing. As with previous years we have a few special events, with our Artisan Market now running across this
Do you fancy volunteering?
Please come to a Volunteer Recruitment Morning Wednesday 5th February 2025 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Find out what roles are on offer and meet some of the present team. For more about volunteering see
2024-11 Christmas Artisan Market
You’ve missed our Christmas Market, A Selling Exhibition of Unique Handmade Crafts, which was held on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th November 11am to 4pm. Here’s some of what you would have found.
Reginald Brill at Little Hall
In January 1930 Reginald Brill went to Cairo at the invitation of the Egyptian Government to paint in Cairo and mount an exhibition to sell his paintings. Since 1882, Egypt, then part of the Ottoman
Recording the past at Little Hall
Paintings, drawings maps and photographs often provide a valuable record of changes to buildings and landscapes. Reginald Brill’s picture ‘Mr Turner restoring the Barn’, in the dining room of Little Hall, records two of the
Object of the Month: Praying Child
As visitors to Little Hall leave the library, they see mounted on the chimney of the inner hall fireplace a semi-circular relief of a girl kneeling in prayer. This was rescued from a demolition site
2024 – 05 Artisan Market Came Again, Spring Bank Holiday
We’ve just had our Little Hall Artisan Market, a selling exhibition featuring ceramics, blacksmithing, woodturning, woollen rugs and throws, willow work and much more besides. This took place over the late Spring Bank Holiday weekend
Little Hall’s Window Glass, Old and New
The Gayer-Anderson twins moved into the Great House in 1923 but had to wait until 1931 when the tenants vacated no.20 in the North wing of Litle Hall before they could start to restore it.
The Changing Face of Little Hall
Since the Gayer-Anderson brothers arrived in Lavenham, Little Hall has been through a succession of changes, and especially in the face it presents to the Market Place. We can see how it looked in 1929
70 Years Ago
What was happening at Little Hall nearly 70 years ago? Little Hall has appeared in film on a number of occasions over the years but this one is the earliest yet discovered. This newspaper cutting
100 years ago – the first official party to enter Tutankhamun’s tomb
Major Gayer-Anderson was a member of the official party at the private opening of the tomb of Tutankhamun on 17th February 1923. At that time he was Oriental Secretary to the High Commissioner and had
Is volunteering on your to-do list this year?
Step inside Little Hall to discover a house which mirrors the changing fortunes of Lavenham. Positioned in a prime location on the market place and built in the 14th century for wealthy clothiers its history
Little Hall Shop
There are several different collections which reflect some of the works in the house. The Panel Collection uses an image taken from the “room with eleven doors” and has been used on several items, for
Little Hall on Screen
The earliest film we’ve yet found was made in 1944 and can be seen at https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/197711/ . There’s shots of Little Hall near the beginning and briefly, towards the end. Little Hall has been a
