Clifton House is the most important house in the historic town of King’s Lynn, Norfolk.
A merchant’s house in the heart of the town, it retains an amazing series of historic interiors dating from the 13th to the 18th centuries and is Grade 1 listed. Features of interest include two tiled floors from the later 13th century (the largest in-situ tiled floors in any secular building in Britain); the 14th-century vaulted undercroft; the five-storey Elizabethan tower and a series of rooms created by the architect Henry Bell in 1700.
The house is a privately owned family home, but is open to visitors on a number of occasions during the year for tours bookable via the Historic Houses Association.
2025 individual tours are available to book via the Historic Houses website on the following Friday afternoons:
16 and 23 May, 6 and 27 June, 5 and 12 September.
Tickets must be booked in advance.
If you would like to arrange your own private tour for a group of minimum 12 people, please contact us
NEW FOR 2025: Clifton House will host a House Restoration Masterclass on Friday 9 May. For further details please contact us