Nunwick Hall
| Nunwick Hall | |
| Northumberland | |
|---|---|
 In the grounds of Nunwick Hall | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY879741 |
| Location: | 55°3’43"N, 2°11’28"W |
| Village: | Simonburn |
| History | |
| Built Mid-18th century | |
| Country house | |
| Information | |
| Owned by: | Allgood family |
Nunwick Hall is a privately owned 18th-century country house near Simonburn in Northumberland. The estate has been the home of the Allgood family since the 17th century.
The house today is a Grade II* listed building[1] and it is not open to the public.
History
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. The grounds were laid out in 1760 (and are now protected as a Registered Historic Park).[3]
Improvements made in 1829 by architect Ignatius Bonomi included a new entrance porch and east wing.
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Keys to the Past, House
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 >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