Simonburn, GB
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 but is not open to the public. In 1738 Lancelot Allgood married his c
ousin Jane Allgood, who was heiress to the Nunwick estate, and they built the present three-storey five-bayed house 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. 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.
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