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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.〔( Keys to the Past, House )〕 but is not open to the public. 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. 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 〔( Keys to the Past, Grounds )〕 Members of the Allgood family have served as High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1818, 1858 and 1954〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nunwick Hall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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