Once host to Mayflower pilgrims, kings, queens and royal intrigue, Gainsborough Old Hall stands as a lonely medieval relic in a postindustrial landscape, a reminder of the wealthy history of Gainsborough, a slightly dilapidated former inland port town on the banks of the River Trent.
Situated on the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Border, Gainsborough Old Hall is an unusually intact and unmodified example of an English medieval manor house. Dating to 1460, the house has been open to the public since 1949, notable for its well preserved kitchen and impressive timbered great hall.
The house, built as a show of wealth by the local Burgh family, was designed to impress. King Richard III was entertained in the great…
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