Bunny Hall, Grade I listed country house in Bunny, England
Bunny Hall is a red brick country house in the village of Bunny, Nottinghamshire, England, listed as a Grade I protected building. It features a tower rising above the main body of the house and a glazed central dome over the entrance hall that fills the interior with natural light.
The house was rebuilt between 1710 and 1725 by Sir Thomas Parkyns, a baronet known for organizing wrestling competitions across the county. The Parkyns family had held the estate since the late 1500s and kept it until around 1850.
The name Bunny comes from the Old English word for a reedy or marshy place, not from the animal. Visitors walking the grounds may notice that the land around the hall still has a low, damp character that explains the original meaning.
Bunny Hall is a private estate and is not generally open to the public for visits. Driving or walking through the village of Bunny offers a clear view of the tower and the main facade from the road.
Sir Thomas Parkyns, who rebuilt the hall, was so devoted to wrestling that he wrote a manual on the sport and had himself depicted in a wrestling stance on his tomb in the nearby village church. The tomb is still accessible today and shows a carving that is unlike most memorials of a country landowner from the early 1700s.
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