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1 day ago · Take a walk to discover an ice house pond, remains of a lost village and find evidence of a demolished medieval moated manor. The National Trust's Gunby Hall and Gardens is a beautiful 18th-century house with Victorian walled gardens located in Lincolnshire.
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- The Oak Staircase
- The Dining Room
- The Backstairs
- The Ante Room
- The Music Room
The staircase, with its triple twisted slender balusters, is dated by Nikolaus Pevsner the architectural historian to c. 1730. Together with the Venetian window, plaster panelling and cornice, he attributes this space to William Meux-Massingberd (1703–1781). The suit of armour is mentioned in Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd’s book ‘Daydream Believer’, ...
The shape of this room has altered too. When Charles Langton-Massingberd added the north wing containing a dining room, this space was created out of the old dining room and butler’s pantry to act as a drawing room. A homely note is struck by the use of a couple of old bed posts to mark the former division. A few years later with the creation of th...
This staircase rises from the basement to the top floor and connects the 1873 north wing to the old house. It is decorated for much of its height in the ‘Daisy’ pattern wallpaper designed by William Morris and printed for the first time in 1864 by Jeffrey and Co. The charcoal sketches of the three Lushington sisters are preparatory drawings for the...
Entering the old house into what was formerly the housekeeper’s room, this room became an ante room to the new dining room as part of the alterations of 1873. A watercolour of the house in Kensington Square where the young Massingberds lived in the 1890s hangs on the left and a study of a moss rose by the celebrated garden designer Alfred Parsons h...
The next room you'll visit is the oak panelled music room. Running the full length of the west front of the 1873 wing, this room only came into existence in its current form in 1898. It was in this room that Diana Massingberd (1872–1963) coached her string ensembles and here that singers sang and choirs rehearsed. The Bluthner grand piano, speciall...
Discover Gunby Hall, home to the Massingberd family for over 250 years. Find out more about the history of the house and the family who called it home.
01754 890102. About Gunby Hall and Gardens. Built in 1700 by Sir William Massingberd, this fine red brick house was described by Tennyson as ‘A haunt of ancient peace’. The hall contains period furniture and paintings by Reynolds, Holman-Hunt and Arthur Hughes.
Gunby Estate, Hall and Gardens. dog friendly gardens history national trust outdoors school holidays walks. Dating back to 1700, Gunby Hall is set within Victorian walled gardens, at the foot of the Lincolnshire Wolds. Gunby Hall is a country house on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, near Spilsby.
Accessible. Toilets. Gift Shop. Groups Welcome. 01754 890102. www.nationaltrust.org.uk. gunbyhall@nationaltrust.org.uk. Gunby Gardens. The gardens at Gunby offer something of interest all year round. From wild flower areas, wide open lawns, to sheltered walled corners.
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Gunby Hall is a country house in Gunby, near Spilsby, in Lincolnshire, England, reached by a half mile long private drive. The Estate comprises the 42-room Gunby Hall, listed Grade I, [1] a clocktower, [2] listed Grade II* and a carriage house and stable block which are listed Grade II.
