Gissing Hall
A predominantly nineteenth-century Tudor-style mansion, distinguished by stepped gables, grouped chimneys and towers, with an older rear wing.
A predominantly nineteenth-century Tudor-style mansion, distinguished by stepped gables, grouped chimneys and towers, with an older rear wing.
Register entry — GISSING HALL. National Heritage List for England reference: 1050357. Recorded designation: Grade II listed building.
First listed: 1951-09-11. This is the listing date, not a construction date.
Source: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1050357
The register identity was cross-checked against the official record name, coordinates and grade on 21 October 2026.
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Record
- Nineteenth-century Tudor Revival mansion with an older wing
- United Kingdom
- Gissing
- East of England
- other
- 1951-09-11
Editorial reading
Historic England places most of Gissing Hall around 1840, while allowing for an earlier core. A seventeenth- or eighteenth-century northern wing survives within a much-expanded residence, so the standing building should not be assigned wholly to the older date.
The listing describes red brick, slate roofs, a projecting entrance porch and decorative battlements. The porch has a four-centred doorway, while mullioned and transomed windows reinforce the Tudor reference. A clock tower and a larger central tower give the irregular composition a deliberately picturesque outline.
Our editorial reading: the medievalising vocabulary here is primarily an expression of nineteenth-century taste. Read the older wing separately from the later mansion to avoid confusing revival style with original Tudor construction.
Sources: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1050357 (checked 21 October 2026).
Recommendation
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Sources & credits
Source record: Wikidata
Source record: Eigen redactie
Source record: National Heritage List for England (Historic England)
Source record: Wikimedia Commons
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