Following major conservation work, Rainham Hall re-opened to the public in October 2015. The house was built by John Harle, mariner, in 1729 but has been owned by a succession of people since then until the National Trust acquired it in 1949. The Trust intends to change the display occasionally to depict a different resident but has started with its original owner whose 1742 will turned up at a car boot sale in Norfolk recently.
Source: National Trust magazine, Autumn 2015.
Source: National Trust magazine, Autumn 2015.