Gunby Hall

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Gunby Hall

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.[3][4] In
1944 the trustees of the Gunby Hall Estate, Lady Montgomery-Massingberd, Major Norman Leith-
Hay-Clarke and Field Marshal Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd, gave the house to
the National Trust together with its contents and some 1,500 acres of land.[5]
Gunby Hall is currently leased from the National Trust with a requirement to open the Hall's State
Rooms and Gardens to the public.

Contents

 1Description
o 1.1Park and gardens
 2History
 3Murder and haunting
 4References
 5External links

Description[edit]
"Gunby is on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, near Spilsby, some eight miles from Skegness and
not far from Tennyson's home at Somersby. It was of Gunby that Tennyson wrote the lines a haunt
of ancient peace."[5]
The house is built from red brick, and was constructed in 1700 for Sir William Massingberd. Many of
the interiors of the house are wood panelled, and it has 8 acres of Victorian walled gardens, which
contain traditional English flowers, fruits and vegetables. The Hall is a Grade 1 listed buildin