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The history of Walberswick, on the Suffolk coast, has been uncovered by Ben Robinson on Villages by the Sea on BBC Four.

Brome Hall, just before demolition. Date: 1958. Picture: EDP LIBRARY - Credit: Archant Some are in ruins, some are lost to time, others are guarded by ghosts: many of the country houses Suffolk once boasted have since fallen victim to the wrecking ball. Weird Suffolk has chosen 10 favourites that remain only as ruins, photographs, distant memories or in one case a mystery, including a hall with a magical stone in its courtyard, one where plastic surgery was carried out in the parkland, one whose grounds are now home to a festival and one that hosted a notorious ghost hunter for a night.

Some are in ruins, some are lost to time, others are guarded by ghosts: many of the country houses Suffolk once boasted have since fallen victim to the wrecking ball

East Ruston Old Vicarage Gardens This collection of beautiful gardens created by Alan Gray and Graham Robeson covers a vast range, from deserts to Mediterranean, from veg garden to glasshouse and most horticultural points in between. Elsing Hall, Dereham Something of a hidden treasure, Elsing Hall's moated manor house was built around 1470 by the Hastings family. Set in a small park, old English roses are a notable, and highly aromatic, feature of the gardens. elsinghall.com / 01362 637 866 Fairhaven Woodland & Water Garden This is a huge sprawl of 130 acres of wild, cultivated and natur...