Nunnington Hall, N. Yorkshire - west front - National Trust art postcard

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• Picture / Image:  Nunnington Hall, North Yorkshire
• Publisher:  National Trust, c.1980s
• Postally used:  no
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Nunnington Hall is a country house situated in the English county of North Yorkshire. The river Rye, which gives its name to the local area, Ryedale, runs past the house, flowing away from the village of Nunnington. Nunnington Hall is owned, conserved and managed as a visitor attraction by the National Trust.

It was William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, brother of queen consort Catherine Parr, who built the oldest parts of the surviving house of Nunnington, which now form part of the west front. Following the forfeiture of the estate after his death in 1571, Nunnington was again subject to let. One of the tenants was Dr Robert Huicke who was physician to both Catherine Parr and Elizabeth I. Dr Huicke was to be the one to tell the Queen that she would never have children. Huicke never lived at Nunnington however and the estate was managed by stewards. The sub-lease was granted to Thomas Norcliffe in 1583 and the family made many alterations over the next sixty years.^[1]

The present building is a combination of seventeenth and eighteenth century work. Major changes took place during the early 1920s, under the architect Walter Brierley. Most of the building seen today was created during the 1680s, when Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston, was its owner.^[2]

The Hall stands within 8 acres (32,000 m²) of organically managed grounds, with the main walled garden lying to the south of the building. The Walled Garden includes lawns, orchards, formal Rose beds, mixed borders, a Tea Garden, and an Iris Garden. The orchards are managed as wildflower meadows containing flowers such as Cowslip, Primrose, Snake's Head Fritillary, Buttercup and Camassia all growing below the fruit trees of which most are traditional Ryedale varieties. Another feature of the gardens are the resident peacocks. On June 10, 2007 Bluey, head of the peacock family, died under suspicious circumstances.

The property lies in the valley of the river Rye. A stone bridge over the river separates the grounds of the house from the village. Above, a ridge known as Caulkley's Bank, lies between Nunnington and the Vale of York, to the south. The Vale of Pickering and the North York Moors lie to the north and east.

The first Nunnington Hall was mentioned in the thirteenth century and the site has had many different owners. They include William Parr, Robert Huicke, Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston, the Rutson family and the Fife family. Mrs. Susan Clive(Fife) gave Nunnington Hall and its gardens to the National Trust in 1952.^[2]

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period=1945 - present

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