More information : (TF 6916 4184) HUNSTANTON HALL (L.B.) (1)
The moated mansion of the Le Strange family suffered greatly from two
fires, one in 1853 and the other after the 2nd World War. The
building is partly c1500, partly Jacobean and partly Victorian.
After the fire of 1853 a new house was built, lop-sided to the former
layout. This incorporates some 14th c. walling at the back, the
oldest remaining part of the house. (2)
On the completion of the E.17th cent. additions flanking a Tudor
gatehouse and forming the east courtyard wing, an Elizabethan block
stood on the west. The latter was destroyed by the fire of 1853 and
its Jacobean porch dated 1618 now stands free.
The second fire of c1950 gutted the E. 17th c. wing on the north of
the gatehouse. (a).
Of the remainder, the north west part is mainly Victorian and is
believed to contain the 14th c. walling but this was not identified.
The Hall is now occupied as flats. See photograph.
The moat has been considerably altered and is, apart from the north
east angle, entirely ornamental.
Published survey (25") correct. (3,3a)
Hunstanton Hall including forecourt walls and moatbridge. Mainly I6th
century with later additions and alterations. Grade I. (4,4a)
Hunstanton Hall, moat bridge and garden and forecourt walls. Country
house. Gatehouse 1487. Wings c1625-40, additions 1835, 1873 and 1879.
Grade I. (See DoE list for details). (5)
The grounds are included in the Register of Parks and Gardens. (6)
A user of the PastScape website, who was an eyewitness to the post war fire and escaped from the building, gives the date of the fire as the night of Friday 13th , 1951. (7)
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