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Summary

Gunby Hall was built in 1700, replacing an earlier manor house.

Full description

Gunby Hall was built in 1700 for Sir William Massingberd and is supposedly Tennyson's 'haunt of ancient peace.' The hall is described as 'austere and puritanical'. Outbuildings include a coach house dating from 1735 and an 18th century walled garden and pigeoncote. The park extends into Candlesby parish. {1}{2}{3}

Gunby Hall is a small country house which was the former seat of Massingberd and Langton families and is now owned by the National Trust. It was built in 1700 of red brick with ashlar dressings, altered in about 1730 and extended in 1873 and 1900 when the Dining Room, Servants' Hall and Service Wing were altered. It has a flat lead roof. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. {4}

A detailed archaeological survey of the Gunby Hall estate was published in 1986. {5}

A private water supply was provided for the Hall at some point between 1860 and 1880 (see PRN 43408). {6}{7}

The original Gunby Hall, a small manor house, was purchased in 1642 by Sir Henry Massingberd, baronet of Bartoft and Gunby. His son, Sir William Massingberd, commissioned the building of a new house, the current Gunby Hall, in 1700. Some raw materials from the old house were saved and incorporated into the new building. New bricks were also manufactured on site by a Mr T. Pain, who was paid in 1696, and new timber came from the docks in Hull, and glass from Mr. Prince of Holborn, London. {8}

<1> Lincolnshire County Council, Sites and Monuments Record Card Index, TF 46 NE: AH (Index). SLI2881.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Card Index, TF 46 NE: 17 (Index). SLI2344.

<3> Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram, 1989, Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition), p.352 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI1062.

<4> Department of the Environment, 1987, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 5/21 (Index). SLI9828.

<5> National Trust, 1986, Archaeological Survey, Gunby Hall, pp.20-1 (Report). SLI4550.

<6> Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, 2013, Gunby Hall Water Supply, - (Report). SLI15028.

<7> Newton, Eric D., 2012, 'Gunby Hall Water Supply' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, vol.47, pp.50-4 (Article in Serial). SLI15029.

<8> The JESSOP Consultancy, 2017, The Stable Courtyard, Gunby Hall, Lincolnshire, JESSOP site code: GHS17 (Report). SLI16268.

Monument Types

• MANOR HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1700 AD)
• COUNTRY HOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1700 AD to 2050 AD)

Associated Events

• Archaeological Survey, Gunby Hall
• Gunby Hall Water Supply
• The Stable Courtyard, Gunby Hall

Protected Status

• Listed Building

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