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Stoke Rochford Hall is a historic house in Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire, in the Parts of Kesteven. A number of houses have stood on the site of Stoke Rochford Hall. The present house was built for Christopher Turnor by William Burn and built in a Jacobean style between 1841 and 1845. It is within the council area of South Kesteven (Lincolnshire).More...
Historic England Grade I Listed 1306963.
Place Type: Historic House
Historic County: Lincolnshire
Division of County: Parts of Kesteven
Lat, Long: 52.84224,-0.63798078
Grid Reference: SK 9183 2806
Civil Parish: Stoke Rochford CP
Council Area: South Kesteven CA (Lincolnshire CA)
Strategic Authority Area: Greater Lincolnshire SA
Police Area: Lincolnshire PA
GBPN ID: 319919
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Stoke_Rochford_Hall,_Lincolnshire_319919
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Turnor used Stoke Rochford Hall as his main residence but his son, Edmund Turnor, preferred the family’s other country house, Panton Hall at Wragby choosing to let Stoke Rochford to tenants. For a time the house was rented by Harry Wyndham Jefferson, an accomplished sailor who won a gold medal at the 1900 Paris Olympic Games. When Edmund died in 1903, Stoke Rochford passed to his nephew and heir, Christopher Hatton Turnor who took up residence at the Hall in 1907. He applied his knowledge to the study of agriculture on scientific lines and managed to combine theory and practice most effectively on the estate. Turnor regularly placed Stoke Rochford Hall and its grounds at the disposal of the Kesteven education and other authorities to use as a summer school and for conferences. His death in 1940 coincided with the requisition of Stoke Rochford Hall by the War Department. For 18 months it became the headquarters of the Second Battalion of the Parachute Regiment and legend says the Arnhem ‘drop’ of 1944 was conceived in the library. The heir to the Stoke Rochford estate was Major Herbert Broke Turnor but he would never live at the house. Instead the house was leased to Kesteven County Council in 1948 and used as a teacher training college. The estate would eventually pass to Alistair McCorquodale and his wife Rosemary, daughter of Major Turnor, in 1954. The teacher training college closed in 1978 and the lease was sold to the National Union of Teachers (NUT) as a National Education and Conference Centre. In January 2005 Stoke Rochford Hall was almost lost forever. A fire started in the roof behind the clock tower but the cause was never established. The wood panelled Grand Hall and library were lost as floors caved in and most of the interior of the south side of the building was destroyed. Fortunately, several pieces of priceless furniture, paintings and antiques were saved. The house was restored between 2005 and 2008 at a cost of £12 million and overseen by English Heritage. To the casual observer the result is impressive. No traces of the fire remain and the Grand Hall and Library have regained their grandeur. The hall has banqueting facilities, a sports club and a restaurant, and is used for wedding receptions and parties. In 2016 it was sold to Talash Hotels Group. On 17 April 2018, Stoke Rochford Hall joined Best Western Hotels and Resorts in Great Britain as part of its BW Premier Collection. In 2016 the 999-year lease was sold to Talash Hotels Ltd.
Historic England Grade I Listed 1306963.
Place Type: Historic House
Historic County: Lincolnshire
Division of County: Parts of Kesteven
Lat, Long: 52.84224,-0.63798078
Grid Reference: SK 9183 2806
Civil Parish: Stoke Rochford CP
Council Area: South Kesteven CA (Lincolnshire CA)
Strategic Authority Area: Greater Lincolnshire SA
Police Area: Lincolnshire PA
GBPN ID: 319919
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Stoke_Rochford_Hall,_Lincolnshire_319919
Peruse Lincolnshire on WikishireTurnor used Stoke Rochford Hall as his main residence but his son, Edmund Turnor, preferred the family’s other country house, Panton Hall at Wragby choosing to let Stoke Rochford to tenants. For a time the house was rented by Harry Wyndham Jefferson, an accomplished sailor who won a gold medal at the 1900 Paris Olympic Games. When Edmund died in 1903, Stoke Rochford passed to his nephew and heir, Christopher Hatton Turnor who took up residence at the Hall in 1907. He applied his knowledge to the study of agriculture on scientific lines and managed to combine theory and practice most effectively on the estate. Turnor regularly placed Stoke Rochford Hall and its grounds at the disposal of the Kesteven education and other authorities to use as a summer school and for conferences. His death in 1940 coincided with the requisition of Stoke Rochford Hall by the War Department. For 18 months it became the headquarters of the Second Battalion of the Parachute Regiment and legend says the Arnhem ‘drop’ of 1944 was conceived in the library. The heir to the Stoke Rochford estate was Major Herbert Broke Turnor but he would never live at the house. Instead the house was leased to Kesteven County Council in 1948 and used as a teacher training college. The estate would eventually pass to Alistair McCorquodale and his wife Rosemary, daughter of Major Turnor, in 1954. The teacher training college closed in 1978 and the lease was sold to the National Union of Teachers (NUT) as a National Education and Conference Centre. In January 2005 Stoke Rochford Hall was almost lost forever. A fire started in the roof behind the clock tower but the cause was never established. The wood panelled Grand Hall and library were lost as floors caved in and most of the interior of the south side of the building was destroyed. Fortunately, several pieces of priceless furniture, paintings and antiques were saved. The house was restored between 2005 and 2008 at a cost of £12 million and overseen by English Heritage. To the casual observer the result is impressive. No traces of the fire remain and the Grand Hall and Library have regained their grandeur. The hall has banqueting facilities, a sports club and a restaurant, and is used for wedding receptions and parties. In 2016 it was sold to Talash Hotels Group. On 17 April 2018, Stoke Rochford Hall joined Best Western Hotels and Resorts in Great Britain as part of its BW Premier Collection. In 2016 the 999-year lease was sold to Talash Hotels Ltd.