Nunwick Hall

For the Hall in Cumbria, see Nunwick Hall, Cumbria.

Coordinates: 55°03′43″N 2°11′28″W / 55.062°N 2.191°W / 55.062; -2.191

Nunwick Hall
Nunwick Hall  Nunwick Hall shown within Northumberland
OS grid reference	NY879741
List of places: UK • England • Northumberland

Nunwick Hall is a privately owned 18th century country house near Simonburn, Northumberland. 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]

Members of the Allgood family have served as High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1818, 1858 and 1954^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Keys to the Past, House
2. ^ ^{a b} >Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland Pt I (1862) p14 Google Books
3. ^ Keys to the Past, Grounds