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Gumley Hall was built in 1764 for Joseph
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who apparently took over the house in an unfinished condition. South of the hall and opening upon the village street the red-brick stables built round a courtyard were erected by Capt. Whitmore; the clock tower in the style of an
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period there were dwellings below the village towards
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