{{short description|Grade I listed building in Nottinghamshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox building |name = Bunny Hall |image = Bunny Hall - the tower - geograph.org.uk - 748699.jpg |image_alt = |image_size = |caption = The Tower at Bunny Hall |pushpin_map = Nottinghamshire |pushpin_map_alt = Bunny, Nottinghamshire |map_caption = Location within Nottinghamshire |building_type = country house |architectural_style = Elizabethan |location = Bunny, Nottinghamshire |owner = Anita Dougal |status = Grade I |location_country = England |coordinates = {{coord| 52.8607|-1.1337|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline, title}} |altitude = |architect = Thomas Parkyns |awards = |parking = |website = |references = }} '''Bunny Hall''' is a {{convert|21438|sqft|m2}} grade I listed country house in Bunny, Nottinghamshire.
right|thumb|upright=1.22|Approach road to Bunny Hall
The house was originally an Elizabethan red brick house with an 80 foot high tower. The house was rebuilt in 1720 by Sir Thomas Parkyns, 2nd Baronet and now stands in {{convert|14.5 |acres}} of formal gardens and parkland.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1249018&resourceID=5| title =Name: BUNNY HALL List Entry Number: 1249018| publisher= Heritage Gateway|accessdate = 2012-08-06}}</ref> It has been equipped with a cinema room and a leisure area equipped with gymnasium, steam and sauna rooms, a large indoor heated pool and separate Jacuzzi and spa area. There is also a large orangery, drawing room, library and a circular glazed frosted dome allowing light to illuminate the hallway and staircase.<ref name=Chek>{{cite web| url = http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Chek-s-dream-home-sale-163-3-75m/story-12277466-detail/story.html| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130505063641/http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Chek-s-dream-home-sale-163-3-75m/story-12277466-detail/story.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = 2013-05-05| title = Chek's dream home for sale at £3.75m| publisher = This is Nottingham| accessdate = 2012-08-06}}</ref>
The hall is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England.<ref name=NHLE>{{NHLE|num=1249018|desc=Bunny Hall|access-date=6 May 2020|mode=cs2}}</ref> Several buildings and structures associated with the hall are listed Grade II; these include the stable block,<ref name=NHLEstable>{{NHLE|num=1248699|desc=Stable block at Bunny Hall||access-date=6 May 2020|mode=cs2}}</ref> an out building to the north,<ref name=NHLEoutbuilding>{{NHLE|num=1277786|desc=Outbuilding to the north of Bunny Hall||access-date=6 May 2020|mode=cs2}}</ref> a barn dating from 1734,<ref name=NHLE1734>{{NHLE|num=1277655|desc=Barn dated 1734 at Bunny Hall||access-date=6 May 2020|mode=cs2}}</ref> the carriage archway and barns,<ref name=NHLEbarns>{{NHLE|num=1249004|desc=Range of barns and carriage archway at Bunny Hall||access-date=6 May 2020|mode=cs2}}</ref> and the garden walls and garden outbuildings,<ref name=NHLEgarden>{{NHLE|num=1248708|desc=Garden walls and outbuildings of walled garden formerly at Bunny Hall|access-date=6 May 2020|mode=cs2}}</ref> and the gate piers and walls around the park.<ref name=NHLEgate>{{NHLE|num=1277791|desc=Pair of gate piers and walls extending around Bunny Park|access-date=6 May 2020|mode=cs2}}</ref>
A chest tomb near the hall and the sundial are also Grade II listed.<ref name=NHLEtomb>{{NHLE|num=1249024|desc=Small tomb chest about 50 meters south of Bunny Hall|access-date=6 May 2020|mode=cs2}}</ref><ref name=NHLEsundial>{{NHLE|num=1248700|desc=Sundial about 50 meters south of Bunny Hall||access-date=6 May 2020|mode=cs2}}</ref>
==History== The manor of Bunny was acquired as a dowry by Richard Parkyns when he married Elizabeth Barlowe in the 1570s, and it is believed he built the original hall. Successive generations of the Parkyns family were to live there until 1850. After the English Civil War the owner at the time, Thomas Parkyns, was elevated to the baronetage in recognition of the family's support for the throne. In 1720 the buildings were greatly renovated by Thomas Parkyn, 2nd Baronet. Further extensive re-modelling of the Hall was carried out between 1826 and 1835. In 1850 the Parkyns lineage failed and the estate was bequeathed to Mrs Burt, the housekeeper who in turn left it to the Levinge family. They sold the whole estate to Sir Albert Ball, the Mayor of Nottingham who quickly passed it on to the Cordeux family. During World War II the estate and hall were bought by Bertie Edwards, whose son moved out and renovated the building.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.bunnyvillage.org.uk/bunnyhall.htm| title= Bunny Hall|accessdate = 2012-08-06}}</ref>
It was bought in 2000 by the family of Chek Whyte, and in 2009 was for sale at a price in excess of £3 million.<ref name = Chek/>
After his very public fall from grace, with a £32m debt, Chek Whyte sold Bunny Hall to Anita Dougal in 2021.<ref> https://bunnyvillage.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/March22-1.pdf page 32</ref>
==See also== *Grade I listed buildings in Nottinghamshire *Listed buildings in Bunny, Nottinghamshire
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Grade I listed buildings in Nottinghamshire Category:Grade I listed houses Category:Country houses in Nottinghamshire Category:Houses completed in the 19th century Category:Borough of Rushcliffe