Little Wenham Hall/Castle is reputed the oldest habitable brick building in Suffolk and one of the oldest in the UK
http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_east_anglia/169/wenhamhall.htm
The Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is one of 41 AONBs in England and Wales, we should be so lucky!
Hitcham in the 1086 Domesday Survey was the richest and largest part of Suffolk this then came under the jurisdiction of Ely