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Mansion house built in the 1680s on the site of a nunnery. It passed to the National Trust in 1952 and now displays a sumptuous series of rooms in 17th-century style, plus extensive gardens. It suffered flood damage in 2025 and is closed for repairs.
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.
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In a landscape studded with ruined medieval abbeys, this one is a 19th century foundation. It's run by Benedictine monks and has a school and college. You can visit the abbey church and stroll the peaceful grounds.
Built in the 12th century: the monks of Rievaulx used to scuttle here for refuge from attack. In Tudor times it was converted into a mansion, and later held out for the Royalists, so Cromwell had it partly demolished. It passed into the hands of the Duncombe family, who built a grand residence nearby at Duncombe Park and left the ruin as a picturesque garden ornament.
Parkland and gardens around a country house built in 1713, which is not open. The park is often used for antiques fairs, steam rallies and the like.
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Handsome substantial ruins of a grand Cistercian abbey in the dale of the River Rye. It grew fat (and so did the monks) on wool and other enterprise, but was laid low by a mix of sheep scab, raiding Scots then the Black Death. It was dissolved in 1538.