Nunwick Hall
Coordinates: 55°03′43″N 2°11′28″W / 55.062°N 2.191°W
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Nunwick Hall is a privately owned 18th-century country house near Simonburn, Northumberland in North East England. The estate has been the home of the Allgood family since the 17th century. The house is a Grade II* listed building[1] but is not open to the public.
In 1738 Lancelot Allgood married his cousin Jane Allgood, who was heiress to the Nunwick estate,[2] and they built the present three-storey five-bayed house [1]to a Georgian style design by architect Daniel Garrett.
Improvements made in 1829 by architect Ignatius Bonomi included a new entrance porch and east wing.
The grounds were laid out in 1760 and are protected as a Registered Historic Park and as a Grade II listed building.[3]
The ruinous Simonburn Castle to the west was partly rebuilt as a Gothick eye-catcher or folly in 1766, to be seen from Nunwick Hall; it has since collapsed.
Members of the Allgood family have served as High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1818, 1858 and 1954.[2]
References
- 1 2 Keys to the Past, House
- 1 2 >Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland Pt I (1862) p14 Google Books
- ↑ Keys to the Past, Grounds