 The hall is just north-east of Heydon, and about north-east of Reepham, west of Aylsham and north-west of Norwich from where it is best reached via the B1149 road.The hall was built between 1581-4 for Henry Dynne, an Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer.From the time of Oliver Cromwell it was first owned by the Earle family being originally bought by Erasmus Earle, a Serjeant-at-law to Cromwell.