Ingatestone, Essex / Built 1541 / Home of the Petre family
“Very fair, large and stately”
Thomas Larke, surveyor to Sir William Petre, 1566
A Tudor house that is still a family home, in ten acres of gardens a mile from Ingatestone. Open to visitors from Easter to the end of September, and yours to hire for weddings, dinners, concerts, fairs and filming.
An afternoon at the Hall
Tour the eight principal rooms, with paintings, furniture and memorabilia gathered over the centuries, and wander the ten acres of gardens. Wednesdays are conducted tours; Sundays you take the house at your own pace.
- Adults
- £10.50
- Pensioners
- £8.40
- Children (5-16)
- £5.25
- Under fives
- Free
Five rooms, four gardens, one house
From a meeting for two dozen to a three day fair for 1,500 a day. Lord Petre or one of his staff plans the layout with you, so you have exclusive use of the parts you need and pay for nothing you do not.
Weddings
A Tudor house with a civil ceremony licence, for twenty guests or two hundred.
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Receptions and Dinners
Private celebrations, annual dinners and networking events in the public rooms.
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Conferences and Seminars
Away-days, seminars and committee meetings, somewhere less stark than a conference centre.
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Plays and Concerts
Open-air concerts for a thousand, Shakespeare in the Courtyard, recitals in the Stone Hall.
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Exhibitions and Fairs
From an exhibition of paintings to a three day tented trade fair with 100 stallholders.
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Film Locations
Seven miles outside the M25, with a 3,000 acre estate of countryside, woodland and farm buildings.
Read moreFifteen generations, one family
Built by Sir William Petre, a leading Tudor statesman, and lived in by the Petres ever since. Mullioned windows, high chimneys, crow-step gables, oak panelled rooms and two priests' hiding places.
1541
built
15
generations
10
acres of garden
3,000
acre estate
Ghost stories, wreaths, Proms
Concerts in the garden, plays in the Stone Hall, the Essex County Craft Show, workshops in the run up to Christmas.
- Wednesday, 30 September 2026
Personal tour of Ingatestone Hall
Bookable private tour / 10am to 12 noon
All tickets: £22.00
Details - Friday, 23 October 2026
An Evening of Ghost Stories
Theatre, inside / 7pm to 9pm
Adults: £16.26 (including booking fee)
Details - Wednesday, 11 November 2026
Kids Inspire Christmas Sale
Charity sale / 11am to 2pm
Adults: Price to be announced
Details - Monday, 23 November 2026
Christmas Wreath Making Workshop
Seminar / 10am to 12 noon
Price to be announced
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Find us
A mile from the village, 35 minutes from Liverpool Street
Off the A12 between Brentwood and Chelmsford, seven miles outside the M25. Ingatestone station is three quarters of a mile away, with trains from London every hour. Use postcode CM4 9NS for satnavs.
Planning an event?
Ask for a quotation
Tell us the occasion and the numbers. Or call the Estate Office on 01277 353010, during normal office hours.