Kentwell Hall is one of England's finest moated Tudor houses, described by Country Life as "The epitome of many people's image of an Elizabethan House". It was built and enhanced by successive members of the Clopton family in the first half of the 16th Century on riches derived from the wool trade (John Clopton also had the magnificent Long Melford Parish Church built), the exterior of the building has remained mainly unchanged since.