Nunwick Hall
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| Nunwick Hall | |
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  Location in Northumberland | |
| General information | |
| Location | Northumberland, England, UK |
| Coordinates | 55°03′43″N 2°11′28″W / 55.062°N 2.191°W |
| OS grid | NY879741 |
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 Gothic eye-catcher or folly in 1766, to be seen from Nunwick Hall, but has since collapsed.
High Sheriffs of Northumberland
[edit]Members of the Allgood family have served as High Sheriff of Northumberland:
- 1746: Lancelot Allgood of Nunwick Hall.
- 1786: James Allgood of Nunwick Hall.
- 1818: Robert Lancelot Allgood of Nunwick Hall.
- 1858: Lancelot John Hunter Allgood, of Nunwick Hall.
- 1954: Guy Hunter Allgood of Nunwick Hall, Simonsburn.
- 1984: Lancelot Guy Allgood, of Nunwick, Simonburn, Hexham.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Keys to the Past, House[permanent dead link]
- ^ 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