Lynford Hall is a neo-Jacobean country house in the English county of Norfolk. It is now an hotel. Jacobethan is a Revival style derived from the English Renaissance (1550 - 1625), with elements Elizabethan and Jacobean. ... A country house is a large dwelling, such as a mansion, located on a country estate. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... Norfolk (IPA: //) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... Dariush Grand Hotel,Kish island, Iran The 4-star Manor House Hotel at Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England. ...

The house was built in 1871 by William Burne for the banker, Stephen Lyne-Stephens, the wealthiest commoner in the country at the time. He was married to the glamorous French ballerina, Pauline Duvernay. 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

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. Calder was the United Kingdom ambassador to the United States at the time. Joseph Patrick Joe Kennedy, Sr. ... Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. ... John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also referred to as John F. Kennedy, JFK, John Kennedy or Jack Kennedy, was the 35th President of the United States. ... Robert Francis Bobby Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also called RFK, was one of two younger brothers of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and served as United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964. ... Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. ... The 1930s (years from 1930–1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known in Europe as the World Depression. ...

Hemingway described shooting on the estate as "like sucking the core out of a fig."^[1] It is noteworthy that Hemingway's gradual decline into madness began soon after he left Norfolk for the last time. Norfolk (IPA: //) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ...

Lynford was gutted by fire in the 20s destroying the East wing of the building, (Which still today hasnt been replaced). There is still many signs of the fire the most obvious being the 3rd floor window surrounds now stand proud off the roof. The government used the Hall as a Hospital during WW2, some carved names can still be found in trees on the grounds from this period. The foresty commision, bought the Hall and used it as a training school until the 60s. Which by this time the House had become poorly maintained, and overgrown. They sold the House and kept the Land which now makes up a large part of Thetford Forest. A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ... Thetford Forest is located in a region straddling the north of Suffolk and the south of Norfolk. ...

It was bought by Mr G F Rand who, coverted the House into a Private Home come Motel, with Function facillities. He also created a mobile home park to the East of the house with some 30 plots. During his ownership the BBC filmed serveral shows, Dads Army filmed and openg sequence, Allo Allo, and You Rang, M'Lord? both had many outside shots take and the House and surrounding area. After some 25 years he sold the property on complete with businesses, in the late 90s. Holiday Inn Great Sign Exterior of a Howard Johnsons motor lodge. ... A modern double-wide manufactured home. ... Dads Army is a British sitcom about the Home Guard in World War II, written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft and broadcast on BBC television between 1968 and 1977. ... Allo Allo! was a British sitcom that ran on BBC1 from 1984 to 1992. ... You Rang MLord? was a British television series written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, broadcast between 1990 and 1993 on the BBC (although there had earlier been a pilot episode in 1988). ... Look up Outside in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Things commonly named outside include: Outside — a magazine 1. ...

Lynford has been an hotel for some years now and has been described by A.C. Grayling as "the Cliveden of the East".^[2]

Notes

1. ^ From the now defunct Ipswich Courier, 13th May 1932, available on microfiche in the Ipswich Public Record Office
2. ^ From his book 'On the Meaning of Leisure', OUP 1992

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