Costessey  Hall in mid- nineteenth century

At Costessey in 1826-1836
J.C.Buckler produced a Gothic fantasy for Lord Stafford, which dwarfed the original Elizabethan hall ;
it was a 'superb folly" wiith turrets, pinanacles and chimneys all dominated by a masssive 'keep'

quote The Norfolk landscape David Dymond . publ. Hodder & Stoughton 1985