Images from our vaguely recent(ish) visit to Nunnington Hall, Nunnington, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, England.
(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PL Elite/ ViewPoint, Adobe LrC/ PS with Tony Kuyper Panels and Topaz Labs Photo AI. Compilations are a mix of R7 - Karen and R5 - Phil).
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Phil and Karen
1. In the medieval period, the land belonged to the wealthy St Mary's Abbey in York. Nunnington takes its name from a nunnery, likely in the present location of Nunnington Hall. There is record of a medieval house being sited at Nunnington in 1249.
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2. The Hall was home to many families through the ages, each imparting their own styles, tastes and fashions, infusing the house with a mixed character.
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3. The Grenes (1362-1553) were a notable Tudor family. Maud Grene’s marriage to Sir Thomas Parr produced a daughter - Catherine Parr, who became King Henry VIII’s sixth and last wife.
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4. The Grahams (1655-1839) made a fortune as cloth merchants and obtained a peerage from King James II. Now ‘Viscounts Preston’ they remodelled Nunnington into a house fit for their new status.
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5. The Rutsons * (1839-1920). William Rutson bought Nunnington as a sporting lodge for his family. His four children were talented artists and musicians and were inspired by its tranquillity.
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6. The Fifes (1920-1952). Margaret Fife inherited Nunnington and settled here with her family. Since 1952 Nunnington Hall has been owned and managed by The National Trust. Housed at Nunnington since 1981, the Carlisle Collection of miniature rooms is now an intrinsic part of the collection.
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(Sources: National Trust, Wikipedia).
(* New research by The National Trust has disclosed some of the wealth accumulated by the Rutson family was derived from the utterly abhorrent slave trade and associated industries. William Rutson’s father, William Calton Rutson, and grandfather, also William Rutson, had involvement in the trade and exploitation of African slaves in the East and West Indies.
It is our view that such instances should be recognised, learned from - and we must be better).
Heres one I converted fully into b&w but I didn’t like the specks in the bottom left and along the bottom of the shot. I might remove them when I get access to a bigger screen rather than an iPad.
