Quenby Hall [SEP] architect
Hungarton at the village of Billesdon.
Descent of the manor.
Descent of the manor Ashby family.
The Ashby family acquired an estate in Quenby in the 13th century. By 1563 they had acquired the whole Manor, and soon afterwards moved to enclose and depopulate it. 
Quenby Hall was built between 1618 and 1636 by George Ashby (1598–1653), High Sheriff of Leicestershire for 1627. The village of Quenby was held by the Ashby family from the 13th century and remains of the village are in the present park
Quenby Hall
Quenby Hall is a Jacobean house in parkland near the villages of Cold Newton and Hungarton, Leicestershire, England. It is described by Pevsner as: "the most important early-seventeenth century house in the county (of Leicestershire)". The Hall is Grade I listed, and the park and gardens grade II, by English Heritage.
Location.
Quenby Hall is just south of Hungarton, about east of the centre of Leicester and is best reached from the A47 road by taking the turn towards