{{short description|Country house in Norfolk, England}} {{Use British English|date=August 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox building | name = Overstrand Hall | native_name = | former_names = | alternate_names = | image = Overstrand 1.JPG | caption = | pushpin_map = | altitude = | building_type = English country house | architectural_style = | structural_system = | cost = | ren_cost = | location = Overstrand, Norfolk, England | address = | client = Charles Mills, 2nd Baron Hillingdon | owner = [https://www.pgl.co.uk/ PGL Travel Ltd.] | current_tenants = | landlord = | coordinates = {{coord|52.9186|1.3315|type:landmark_region:GB-DEV|display=inline,title}} | construction_start_date = 1899 | completion_date = 1901 | inauguration_date = | renovation_date = | demolished_date = | destruction_date = | height = | diameter = | other_dimensions = | floor_count = | floor_area = | main_contractor = | architect = Edwin Lutyens | architecture_firm = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | awards = | ren_architect = | ren_firm = | ren_str_engineer = | ren_serv_engineer = | ren_civ_engineer = | ren_oth_designers = | ren_qty_surveyor = | ren_awards = | references = }} thumb|Overstrand Hall, south elevation '''Overstrand Hall''' is a country house in Overstrand, Norfolk, England, designed by Edwin Lutyens for Charles William Mills, 2nd Baron Hillingdon, a partner in Glyn, Mills & Co. Bank.{{sfn|Pevsner|Wilson|2002|p=633}} It was built between 1899 and 1901 and is Grade II listed as of 27 September 1972.<ref>British Listed Buildings on-line</ref> The Mills family used Overstrand as a weekend residence, preferring their homes Hillingdon Court and Dorton House as their main residences.
Nicholas Pevsner described Overstrand as "one of (Lutyens's) most remarkable buildings, at the time when he had reached maturity but still believed to the full in his own inventiveness."{{sfn|Pevsner|Wilson|2002|p=633}} The house is of a complex courtyard plan, with a varied range of materials, "stone with half-timbering, flint with brick and tile,"{{sfn|Pevsner|Wilson|2002|p=633}} and styles, "Jacobean with classical, vernacular with Italianate."{{sfn|Pevsner|Wilson|2002|p=633}} ''Burke's and Savills Guide to Country Houses: East Anglia'' describes the hall as "an important early work by Lutyens, his first large work outside the Home Counties."{{sfn|Kenworthy-Browne|Reid|Sayer|Watkin|1981}}
During the First World War, the hall was used as a military hospital and the Mills family sold the house for use as a convalescent home in 1932.<ref>{{cite web|author=Good Stuff |url=http://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-224690-overstand-hall-overstrand |title=Overstrand Hall - Overstrand - Norfolk - England |publisher=British Listed Buildings |date=1972-09-27 |access-date=2016-09-06}}</ref> Since 1999 the hall has been home to a residential activity centre.<ref>[https://schoolsandgroups.pgl.co.uk/centres/overstrand-hall/ PGL Overstrand Hall] Retrieved 28 April, 2026</ref>
== PGL activity centre ==
Overstrand Hall has been a residential activity centre since 1999,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.inspiring-learning.com/about/our-story|title=Inspiring Learning History}}</ref> catering for 7–17 year olds. It has been run by PGL since 2025.
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==References== * {{cite book | last1 = Pevsner | first1 = Nikolaus | last2 = Wilson | first2 = Bill | authorlink1 = Nikolaus Pevsner | year = 2002 | title = Norfolk I: Norwich and North-East | series = The Buildings of England | publisher = Yale University Press | isbn = 0-300-09607-0 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=F-FPAAAAMAAJ&q=Norfolk+Part+I+Pevsner+and+Wilson }} * {{cite book | last1 = Kenworthy-Browne | first1 = John | last2 = Reid | first2 = Peter | last3 = Sayer | first3 = Michael | last4 = Watkin | first4 = David | year = 1981 | title = Volume III - East Anglia | series = Burke and Savill's Guide to Country Houses | publisher = Burke's Peerage | isbn = 9780850110357 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=bgoNAQAAIAAJ&q=Burke+and+Savill's+Guide+to+Country+Houses+Volume+III+-+East+Anglia }}
Category:Country houses in Norfolk Category:Grade II listed buildings in Norfolk Category:North Norfolk Category:Works of Edwin Lutyens in England