Gunby Hall was built by Sir Henry Massingberd in 1700 according to a dated keystone on the west doorway set in 8 acres of parkland. The courtyard leads to beautiful well kept gardens in which there is a blue gazebo.

Alfred Lord Tennyson described it as ‘an English home… all things in order stored, a haunt of peace’. These are words he wrote out by hand and which now hand framed in the library.

Field-Marshal Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd managed to save the mansion from being demolished during the Second World War to make way for a longer runway for the Steeping Aerodrome. The runway was needed for the Lancaster Bombers; its line was redrawn and Gunby was saved. The Hall was given to the National Trust in 1944 and is now a popular attraction for tourists and visitors.