Gunton Hall

Gunton Hall is a country house that has been used as a holiday camp since the 1930s. It was built in the mid-18th century and underwent extensive alterations and extensions in 1810, with further additions made in the 20th century. The building is constructed of colourwashed brick and features slate roofs.

The main block is two stories high and consists of three by eight bays. The entrance is located on the west side and comprises three bays. It features a central full-height bow with a six-panelled double-leaf curved door, which has three panels on each leaf, beneath a six-vaned fanlight. Above the door is a curved six-over-six sash window. The first floor has similar flat sashes on either side, while the ground floor has a six-over-six sash window to the left only. The building has overhanging eaves with modillions and a low hipped roof, with two irregularly placed stacks emerging above the roofline.

The south front of the building has the central two bays projecting forward, and extensive single-storey extensions from the 20th century are located against the ground floor. The upper floor retains its six-over-six sash windows, and the modillion roof overhang continues. On the north side, there is a mid-19th century extension that measures four by eight bays and is two stories high with a hipped roof. This extension features six-over-six sashes on the ground floor of the west side and three-over-three sashes above, with three-over-three first-floor sashes on the north return and a 20th-century addition to the ground floor.

Inside, the entrance leads to a staircase hall, where the staircase balusters have been boarded over. To the south is a late 18th-century dining room, now referred to as The Regency Room, which has complete large-framed panelling. The south wall features five 20th-century French windows with 18th-century panelled reveals that look into the 20th-century extensions. The north wall has two eared chimneypieces with egg-and-dart edging beneath bolection-moulded friezes. In the center of this wall is a six-panelled door in a timber surround, topped with an imbricated frieze and an egg-and-dart cornice. An identical doorway is located in the north-west corner. To the right of each fireplace, there are cupboards with 20th-century glazed doors, each supported by a pair of fluted Ionic pilasters standing on the dado rail, which also support an imbricated frieze below an egg-and-dart cornice.