Gunby Hall & Gardens, (NT)

Gunby Hall & Gardens, (NT), Open April to end September, Wednesday 2-6pm. Garden also open Thursday 2-6pm. Last admission 5.30pm. Admission charge; dogs on leads in garden only; guide dogs admitted.

Wheelchair access to garden only; cobbled stableyard difficult.

A red-brick house with stone dressings built in 1700 and extended in 1870s. Within the house, there is good early 18th century wainscoting and a fine oak staircase, also English furniture and portraits by Reynolds. Gunby was reputedly Tennyson's 'haunt of ancient peace'.

Arched pergolas of fruit trees; herbaceous and cutting borders; roses and a herb garden in generous profusion. The kitchen garden to the east of the house extends to a wild garden and shrubbery. Much planting early in the 19^th century by Peregrine Massingberd (including a massive cedar of Lebanon in 1812) and again in the early 20^th century by Margaret Massingberd. Formal planting of yews as bowling alleys to the west of the house date from around 1900.