Normanby Hall

Normanby Hall is a English mansion, located near the village of Burton-upon-Stather, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire.

Robert Smirke for Sir Robert Sheffield (1786–1862), whose family had lived on the site since 1539. The Hall is now in the care of the North Lincolnshire Council. The former 350 acre (1.4 km²) estate around the Hall is now a Country Park. Within it, there are a restored working Victorian walled garden, a farming museum, a stableyard, duck ponds, a deer sanctuary, a fishing lake, a miniature railway and broadleaf woodland.


It replaced a previous 17th century building.


The family moved out of Normanby Hall in 1963.


Early history

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The "New" House

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Decline

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The 21st century

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<gallery> Image:Normanby Hall (front entrance).jpg|Hall front entrance Image:Normanby Hall (side view).jpg|Hall side view

Image:Normanby Hall Country Park.jpg|Country Park broadleaf woodlands

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