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Quenby Hall is a Jacobean house in parkland near the villages of Cold Newton and Hungarton, Leicestershire. It is described by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as 'the most important early-seventeenth century house in the county of Leicestershire'. The Ashby family owned the estate from the 13th century to 1904. The house was built for George Ashby who inherited the estate in 1618, with construction beginning around 1620 and completed about ten years later. The house was bought in 1904 and restored by Rosamund Greaves and much of the Jacobean interior was restored. Her son sold Quenby Hall in 1924 to Sir Harold Nutting. The de Lisles bought the hall in 1972 and made extensive restorations, which was eventually turned into a cheese-making business on the estate in 2005 but this ceased in 2011. In late 2013 the family put up Quenby Hall for sale for £11.6 million. Quenby Hall is now used for weddings, corporate events, and filming. It is within the council area of Harborough (Leicestershire).
Historic England Grade I Listed 1295060.

Place Type: Historic House
Historic County: Leicestershire
Lat, Long: 52.650737,-0.96397417
Grid Reference: SK 7018 0639
Civil Parish: Hungarton CP
Council Area: Harborough CA (Leicestershire CA)
Police Area: Leicestershire PA

GBPN ID: 304016
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Quenby_Hall,_Leicestershire_304016

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