Nunnington Hall

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Nunnington Hall
South elevation
Location within North Yorkshire
General information
Type	Manor house
Location	Nunnington, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, England
Coordinates	54°12′20″N 0°58′26″W / 54.205432°N 0.973783°W / 54.205432; -0.973783 (grid reference SE6779)
Owner	National Trust
Website
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/nunnington-hall/
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated	14 July 1955
Reference no.	1168075

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. 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. Nunnington Hall is owned, conserved and managed as a visitor attraction by the National Trust.

The first Nunnington Hall was mentioned in the thirteenth century and the site has had many different owners. They include William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, Dr Robert Huicke, Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston, the Rutson family and the Fife family. The present building is a combination of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century work. Most of the building seen today was created during the 1680s, when Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston, was its owner.^[1]