It would be easy to walk right by this seemingly unassuming brick house without realizing its true age. Originally known as Bryk Place, it was constructed in 1535 by Sir Ralph Sadleir, a distinguished courtier of Henry VIII, when Hackney was still a rural village. The house boasts many outstanding features, such as the Linenfold Parlour with its Tudor oak walls carved to look like draped fabric, the panelled Great Chamber, the Victorian study, and the Georgian parlour.