Lynford Hall
| Lynford Hall Hotel | |
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 Norfolk
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| General information | |
| Location | Mundford, Breckland District, Norfolk, England |
| Address | Lynford Hall Hotel Mundford Nr Thetford Norfolk IP26 5HW |
| Coordinates | 52°30′51.42″N 0°40′46.60″E / 52.5142833°N 0.6796111°E |
| Opening | Built in 1874 |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 29 en-suite bedrooms |
| Number of suites | 9 |
| Number of restaurants | 1 (The Duvernay) |
| Number of bars | 1 (The Wellingtonia) |
| Parking | yes |
| Website | |
| Hotel website | |
Coordinates: 52°30′50″N 0°40′46″E / 52.51389°N 0.67944°E
Lynford Hall is a neo-Jacobean country house at Mundford, near Thetford in the English county of Norfolk. It is now a hotel.
The Lynford Hall Hotel is a short distance east of the A1065 which links Fakenham to Mildenhall. The Hotel is 36.8 miles (59.2 km) south west of the city of Norwich. The hotel is 5.4 miles (8.7 km) north east from the nearest railway station which is at Brandon. The nearest Airport is in Norwich and is 39.3 miles (63.2 km) north east of the hotel.
The house was built in 1857-1862 by William Burn for Stephens Lyne-Stephens, said at the time to be the richest commoner in England. He was married to the French ballerina Yolande (Pauline) Duvernay for whom he had a Catholic chapel built out of native flintstone. Stephens died before the estate house was completed, but Yolande retained the house and estate until her death in 1894.
Under later owners, regular guests included Joe Kennedy, then the United States ambassador to the United Kingdom. He was often accompanied on his visits by his sons Joe Jr., John and Robert.Ernest Hemingway is said to have propped up Lynford's Royal Wellingtonia bar with Sir James Calder, in the 1930s. Joe Kennedy Snr. was the United States ambassador to Great Britain at the time.
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