Hill House Norfolk

Sleeping 21-25 guests across 10 bedrooms, Hill House is available for exclusive use only – yours, and yours alone. Inside the manor you’ll find beds for 21 guests (with space to add 4 more if needed), two beautiful lounges to unwind in, a glamorous dining room seating up to 26, and a relaxed dine-in kitchen with a utility room and walk-in pantry.

The house is packed with surprises – integrated audio and video throughout, a huge games room, an outdoor entertaining and cooking space, a hot tub and sun deck, a library bar, and a hidden 10ft drop-down cinema screen.

There are Bang & Olufsen TVs throughout with Sky Sports, and a multi-room Bang & Olufsen sound system you can run from the house iPad, Spotify or your own phone over Bluetooth. The cinema screen has Netflix and Disney+. The 26-seat dining table sits under an iPad-controlled antique chandelier, and cooks get a classic AGA as well as an electric cooker.

The games room has original retro arcade machines on free play – Star Wars Pinball, Space Invaders, a two-seat Sega Rally 2 and Out Run – plus 8ft air hockey, a pool table and a Winmau dartboard. The light-up library bar comes with cocktail-making kit and a bar fridge.

You can arrange a food and drink delivery before your arrival, and the team will have everything stocked and ready across the kitchen, pantry and bar.

Outside, you’ll find a colourful tennis court (with basketball hoops at either end), an outdoor table tennis table, a football goal, and croquet and rounders sets – plus all the rackets, bats and balls you’ll need to dive straight in.

Next to the sun-lounging deck there’s a large hot tub for slow, sunny afternoons or starry nights. For al fresco cooking and dining there’s a super-sized swing grill BBQ, two wood-fired pizza ovens, a fire pit and plenty of tables and seating for everyone to come together. Art runs through the house and grounds, including a 10ft mural by the street artist Eelus beside the outdoor kitchen.

For children there’s a Duck Hunt game, with a treasure chest prize version if organised in advance. Wifi is fast throughout the house and garden.

Extras the owners can arrange (ask for prices): a mobile sauna with the option of an ice-cold roll-top plunge bath, yoga on the lawn, tennis lessons with the village tennis coach, beauty treatments at the house, in-house catering, archery and axe throwing, golf at Dunston Hall, ‘Murder at Hill House’ (a full-scale murder mystery, crime scene suits included), street art sessions with the winning piece hung in the downstairs loo, and team activities for corporate groups.

Dogs are welcome too – the Butler’s Bedroom can be turned into a dedicated dog room with beanbags and bowls.

Hill House is on the edge of a conservation village 7 miles south of Norwich, surrounded by countryside. Norwich, with its medieval centre, shops, arts and nightlife, is about 15 minutes’ drive away, and the Norfolk Broads are around 30 minutes.

For the coast, Southwold, Walberswick and Aldeburgh are about 45 minutes, and Holkham, Burnham Market and Brancaster about an hour. Days out nearby include Blickling Hall (40 minutes), Holkham Hall and Oxburgh Hall (about an hour) and Sandringham (70 minutes). For children, BeWILDerwood, Dinosaur Adventure and Banham Zoo are all around 30 minutes away.