Nunwick Hall

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.

Nunwick Hall
Location in Northumberland
General information
LocationNorthumberland, England, UK
Coordinates55.062°N 2.191°W / 55.062; -2.191
OS gridNY879741

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.

High Sheriffs of Northumberland

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
  1. Keys to the Past, House
  2. >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
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