![]() About 1835 the open end of the U was filled in with a picturesque, by no means archaeologically correct range that recreated the central courtyard. The entrance, reached by a three-arched bridge on the north side, is dramatised by a grand fortified gatehouse, evoking the owner's power and prestige, though as fortification its value is largely symbolic it is flanked by tall polygonal towers rising in seven tiers, with symmetrical wings extending either side that reveal nothing on the exterior of their differing internal arrangements. A fine example of a late mediƦval, inward-facing great house, Oxburgh stands within a square moat about 246 feet on each side, and was originally enclosed the hall range facing the gatehouse was pulled down in 1772 for Sir Richard Bedingfeld, providing a more open U-shaped house, with the open end of the U facing south. ![]()
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