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Gunton may refer to: Places *Gunton, Manitoba, Canada *Gunton, Norfolk, England *St Andrew's Church, Gunton, a redundant church near Gunton Hall, Norfolk *Gunton railway station in Thorpe Market, Norfolk *Gunton, Suffolk, England *Gunton Hall, Norfolk Other uses *Gunton (surname) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunton, Manitoba
Gunton is an unincorporated community located north of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood. It has no major industry, as most residents work in Winnipeg or nearby communities. It has a bull test station (the only one in the Interlake Region) and an abandoned quarry. The community's origin can be traced to 1904, when Donald Gunn started a limestone quarry on the south side of the current community's location.Historic Sites of Manitoba: Gunton School No. 1507 / Gunton Monument Manitoba Historical Society (Retrieved 14 February 2020) At one time when the quarry was operating it employed hundreds of people and the town had a population of approximately 3,000. In 1905, a post office with the name "Gunview" was opened, then name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Andrew's Church, Gunton
St Andrew's Church is a redundant Anglican church adjacent to Gunton Hall, in the parish of Hanworth, Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church stands in woodland to the east of the hall. History The church was built in 1769. It was designed by Robert Adam for the owner of Gunton Hall, Sir William Harbord, to replace a former medieval church. It is the only building designed by Adam in Norfolk, and his only complete church in England. Architecture Exterior St Andrew's is constructed in gault brick, parts of which are rendered, with stone dressings. It is in the form of a temple with a tetrastyle (four columns) prostyle (protruding forward) portico. It is in Neo-Palladian style. The portico is set on three steps. It has four Doric columns along the front, and another similar column on each side, making it two bays deep. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunton Railway Station
Gunton railway station on the Bittern Line in Norfolk, England, serves the villages of Lower Street, Thorpe Market and Southrepps. It is from , between to the south and to the north. There is no village named Gunton: the station is in the parish of Thorpe Market and closest to Lower Street. It was built primarily for the convenience of Lord Suffield, who lived at nearby Gunton Hall, a major investor in the original East Norfolk Railway which built the line from Norwich to Cromer. The station is unstaffed and consists of a single platform with a basic shelter. Originally the location of a passing loop, the northbound platform and station buildings are preserved but now privately owned. There is an unrestricted car park A parking lot (American English) or car park (British English), also known as a car lot, is a cleared area intended for parking vehicles. The term usually refers to an area dedicated only for parking, with a durable or semi-durable surface ... at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunton, Suffolk
Gunton is a suburb of Lowestoft, in the East Suffolk district, in the English county of Suffolk. Gunton was a small coastal village, but over the years it has been suburbanised. Gunton has an estimated population of 6,640. The main A12 or Yarmouth Road runs through the area. The eastern part of Gunton, from Yarmouth Road to Gunton Cliff, is one of the most affluent parts of Lowestoft, after the North Broads area of Oulton Broad. In 1931 the parish had a population of 110. Hollingsworth Road, the main road through west Gunton, is named after the philanthropist Howard Hollingsworth who lived at Gunton Cliff. Gunton was home to Roland Leighton and his family, and it is described by Vera Brittain in her First World War autobiography '' Testament of Youth''. On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with Lowestoft. Attractions The Pleasurewood Hills Pleasurewood Hills is a theme park on a site between Corton and Gunton, near Lowestoft, Suffolk. History The p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunton Hall
Gunton Hall, Gunton Park, is a large country house near Suffield in Norfolk. History The estate belonged to the Gunton family in the 12th century, to the Berney family in the 16th century and later to the Jermyn family. The current house was built for Sir William Harbord, 1st Baronet in the 1740s by the architect Matthew Brettingham. In 1775 Harbord Harbord, 1st Baron Suffield, Member of Parliament for Norwich, commissioned James Wyatt to make significant additions to the house. The grounds were developed by Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield, employing William Milford Teulon as the landscaper. However, the hall was almost destroyed by fire in 1882 and lay derelict for nearly a century before Kit Martin, an architect, bought the hall in 1980 and converted it into individual houses. It is surrounded by a 1,000 acre deer park. The boathouse was rebuilt as a studio by the artist Gerard Stamp in 2004. St Andrew's Church, Gunton in woodland to the east of the hall is a redundant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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