Nunwick Hall is a privately owned 18th-century
country house
An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these peop ...
near
Simonburn,
Northumberland
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It is bordered by land ...
in
North East England
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. The estate has been the home of the Allgood family since the 17th century. The house is a
Grade II* listed building
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In 1738 Lancelot Allgood married his cousin Jane Allgood, who was heiress to the Nunwick estate,[''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland'' Pt I (1862) p14 Google Books] and they built the present three-storey five-bayed house [ to a Georgian style design by architect ]Daniel Garrett
Daniel Garrett (died 1753) was a British architect who worked on the Burlington Estate, Culloden Tower, Raby Castle, and Banqueting House.
History
Garrett started as a clerk of works, then in 1735 set up his own practice in the North of Eng ...
.
Improvements made in 1829 by architect Ignatius Bonomi
Ignatius Bonomi (1787–1870) was an English architect and surveyor, with Italian origins by his father, strongly associated with Durham in north-east England.
Life
He was the son of an architect and draughtsman, Joseph Bonomi (1739–1 ...
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. Keys to the Past, Grounds
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The ruinous Simonburn Castle to the west was partly rebuilt as a Gothick
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...
eye-catcher or folly in 1766, to be seen from Nunwick Hall; it has since collapsed.
High Sheriffs of Northumberland
Members of the Allgood family have served as High Sheriff of Northumberland
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:
* 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
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Grade II* listed buildings in Northumberland