Staunton Harold Hall

Sir Robert Shirley built the church in the hall grounds in 1653 in the Commonwealth era.

The hall was rebuilt in its present form in 1763 for Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers.

[1] It is a Georgian two-storey brick house with stone dressings in the form of a square enclosing a quadrangle.

Sewallis Shirley, 10th Earl Ferrers inherited the hall in 1859 and sold most of the land.

Robert Shirley, 12th Earl Ferrers gifted the church to the National Trust and put the estate up for auction.