Nunnington Hall from the outside.
The room and its little adjacent Oratory are reputed to be haunted by a presence that passes over the bed and through the wall.
"Carlisle Collection" - collection from 1920's when Mrs Carlisle was given a set of miniature furniture. She then began collecting other antique miniature pieces which she would use as ornaments around her home.
"Carlisle Collection" - collection from 1920's when Mrs Carlisle was given a set of miniature furniture. She then began collecting other antique miniature pieces which she would use as ornaments around her home.
Nunnington Hall from the outside. Garden.
Nunnington Hall from the outside.
Today visitors enter by a modest entrance and porch to the Stone Hall. This west-facing room is in the oldest part of the building and it dates from the sixteenth century. On the walls you can see preserved animal skins as trophies, a collection of arms and armour and also some large brown-wood furniture.
The room used by the Fife family for dining is not part of the visitor's tour of this property and so the second room in their route has been dressed as an Edwardian dining room.
Art gallery exhibition.
Art gallery exhibition.
Art gallery exhibition.
The room used by the Fife family for dining is not part of the visitor's tour of this property and so the second room in their route has been dressed as an Edwardian dining room.
"Carlisle Collection" - collection from 1920's when Mrs Carlisle was given a set of miniature furniture. She then began collecting other antique miniature pieces which she would use as ornaments around her home.
"Carlisle Collection" - collection from 1920's when Mrs Carlisle was given a set of miniature furniture. She then began collecting other antique miniature pieces which she would use as ornaments around her home.
Art gallery exhibition.
Viscount Preston remodelled this room during the late 17th century, and evidence of this phase of building is visible throughout the room in the form of panelling, carving on the staircase and pediments above fireplaces and doorcases.[7] Panelling in this room was once painted, but is now bare, having been stripped during the refurbishment by Walter Brierly and the Fife family in the 1920s, an example of an Edwardian trend.
Viscount Preston remodelled this room during the late 17th century, and evidence of this phase of building is visible throughout the room in the form of panelling, carving on the staircase and pediments above fireplaces and doorcases.[7] Panelling in this room was once painted, but is now bare, having been stripped during the refurbishment by Walter Brierly and the Fife family in the 1920s, an example of an Edwardian trend.
Drawing Room, Nunnington Hall - Above the Oak Hall the Drawing Room on the first floor contains an interesting find from Nunnington's stores. Found in a store at Nunnington by housekeepers, Shrimpers at Lyme Regis, a small picture in oils on board, has been attributed to Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851)
The piano was recently restored by the local York firm of Banks.
Drawing Room, Nunnington Hall - Above the Oak Hall the Drawing Room on the first floor contains an interesting find from Nunnington's stores. Found in a store at Nunnington by housekeepers, Shrimpers at Lyme Regis, a small picture in oils on board, has been attributed to Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851)
Today visitors enter by a modest entrance and porch to the Stone Hall. This west-facing room is in the oldest part of the building and it dates from the sixteenth century. On the walls you can see preserved animal skins as trophies, a collection of arms and armour and also some large brown-wood furniture.
Mrs. Fife's dressing room-Nunnington-first floor
Mrs. Fife's dressing room-Nunnington-first floor
Mrs. Fife's dressing room-Nunnington-first floor
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