The historic Hall Place house reopens for tours

A stately house in southeast London is reopening to the public, for occasional guided tours.
Hall Place, in Bexley is a stately home in Bexley, built in 1537 for Sir John Champneys, a wealthy merchant and former Lord Mayor of London. It looks like it’s two houses, as it was extended in 1649, so you have half a mansion in stone and half in brick.
Hall Place and courtyard (c) Bexley council
In the 18th century, Hall Place came into the ownership of the Dashwood family, and was then leased ou