Gillingham Hall

Gillingham Hall remained in the family, always passing through the female line, until it was sold in 2000.

Kenyon, a passionate follower of John Henry Newman, had converted to Roman Catholicism in 1870, fought as a Papal Zouave against Garibaldi and was made a Knight of the Order of St Gregory the Great and Papal Chamberlain to Pope Leo XIII and to Pope Pius X. Kenyon immediately set about supporting the Benedictine Catholic mission at nearby Beccles.

He helped to build two churches locally: Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Gillingham[5] (a private Chapel of Ease which remains in family ownership) and St Benet's Minster, Beccles.

[6] 21st century: In 2000, Gillingham Hall was sold to Hassanain al-Nakeeb, a hotel owner and breeder of Arabian horses.

On his death in 2014, the house passed to his son Edward Haughey, the current owner.