Gayton Hall is a country house in the parish of Gayton near King's Lynn in

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

History

The present building was built between 1803 and 1810 by Andrew St John and remained in the ownership of the St John family, although tenanted. It was rented by

Charles Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney Charles Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney (7 March 1841 – 21 August 1905), styled Viscount Marsham from 1845 to 1874, was a British Conservative politician. Early life Romney was the son of Charles Marsham, 3rd Earl of Romney and his wife Lady Margare ...

in 1879 who later bought it and the surrounding estate in 1891. It has been passed down the

Romney family The Romney family is prominent in U.S. politics.

and remains the seat of the present earl, Julian Charles Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney. The gardens are open to the public.

References

{{reflist Country houses in Norfolk Grade II listed houses in Norfolk