Beneath the windsurfers and pleasure boaters lie the remains of Normanton Hall , an apparently ‘sensibly sized’ house complete with exceptional farm land. She was the last occupier of Normanton Hall. Normanton was put up for sale in 1924 and advertised inside Country Life. Click here to read the full list of 'Britain’s long lost great houses that live on only inside the Country Life archive'The Country Life Image Archive contains more than 150,000 images documenting British culture and heritage, from 1897 to the present day. To search and purchase images directly from the Image Archive, please register here