Ancestral Locations - Heritage of Leicestershire

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Staunton Harold Hall and Church

The Hall and Church occupy a delightful setting alongside an ornamental lake. The Church is one of a very few built during the Commonwealth period when Oliver Cromwell ruled England. The estate was the home of the Shirley family for over 500 years until 1954. The present large hall dates from the late 18th century. In WW2 it was used by the army and also housed prisoners of war. After 1954 it became a residential home and then a hospice. It is now privately owned