Gunton Hall

Gunton Hall, Gunton Park, is a large country house near Suffield in Norfolk.

Gunton Hall
Gunton Hall, 19th-century lithograph

History

Gunton Hall was built for Sir William Harbord, 1st Baronet in the 1740s by the architect Matthew Brettingham.[1] In 1775 Harbord Harbord, 1st Baron Suffield, Member of Parliament for Norwich, commissioned James Wyatt to make significant additions to the house.[1] The grounds were developed by Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield, employing William Milford Teulon as the landscaper.[2] However, the hall was almost destroyed by fire in 1882 and lay derelict for nearly a century before Kit Martin, an architect, bought the hall in 1980 and converted it into individual houses.[1] It is surrounded by a 1,000 acre deer park.[3] The boathouse was rebuilt as a studio by the artist Gerard Stamp in 2004.[4]

St Andrew's Church, Gunton in woodland to the east of the hall is a redundant Church of England church. The church was built in 1769 and designed by Robert Adam for Sir William Harbord, to replace a medieval church.[5] It is a Grade I listed building,[6] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[7]

Gunton Park sawmill is a 1824 sawmill powered by a mill pond on Hagon Beck.[8]

See also

References
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  2. "Gunton Park, Roughton, England". Parks and Gardens. Parks and Gardens Data Services. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  3. "The Gunton Arms, History". Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  4. "Greatwater Boathouse". Spirit Architecture. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  5. "Gunton Church". Britain Express. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  6. Historic England. "Church of St Andrew, Hanworth (1373457)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  7. "St Andrew's Church, Gunton, Norfolk". Churches Conservation Trust. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  8. "Gunton Park Sawmill". Retrieved 12 January 2021.

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