Nunnington Hall

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.

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Nunnington Bridge

Nunnington Bridge is a historic structure in Nunnington, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The bridge crosses the River Rye near Nunnington Hall. The first known bridge at the site was a two-arch structure, built in the 17th century. The current bridge was constructed in the early 18th century, and near the end of the century was widened on the upstream side and partly rebuilt. The bridge has been grade II* listed since 1955. The bridge is built of sandstone and consists of three arches, a larger segmental arch in the centre, flanked by smaller round arches. The bridge has cutwaters, there is moulding on the downstream side, a chamfered string course, and a plain parapet with chamfered coping. The cutwaters rise into the parapet to form embrasures, in the centre is an octagonal drum, corbelled on the outer side, and at the ends are canted abutments. Edwyn Jervoise suggests that the drum may originally have carried a statue.

Nunnington

Nunnington is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The River Rye runs through. Its population, including that of Stonegrave, was 361 at the 2011 census. It is rich in listed historic buildings. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Ryedale. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Nunnington Mill

Nunnington Mill is a historic watermill in Nunnington, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. There was a cornmill on the River Rye in Nunnington at the time of the Domesday Book. The current building was constructed in the mid or late 18th century, and it was extended and partly rebuilt in the 19th century. It remained in use until about 1960, then was converted into a granary. The building was grade II listed in 1987. The original part of the mill is constructed of limestone, and the rebuilt part is in rusticated stone. It has a pantile roof with coped gables and shaped kneelers. It has four storeys and five bays. At the right end is a wheel arch with rusticated voussoirs, and all the windows have top opening lights. At the rear is a cart shed, and on the right bay is a stable door on the lower two floors, and above them is a weatherboarded lucam. The undershot waterwheel survives, with a cast iron rim and centre and wooden spokes and paddles. Much machinery also survives on the ground floor.

All Saints' and St James' Church, Nunnington

All Saints' and St James' Church is the parish church of Nunnington, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. It is possible that the church's nave may have been built in the 12th century, but Historic England states that it was built in the late 13th century, at the same time as the chancel. The tower was rebuilt in 1672, and the vestry was rebuilt and an organ chamber added in about 1824. From 1883 to 1884, the church was restored by Ewan Christian, who replaced the roof and rebuilt the porch and tower arch. It was grade I listed in 1955. In 2025, the church was awarded a grant to replaced some frosted glass windows with clear glazing. The church is built in stone with stone flag roofs, and consists of a nave, a south porch, a chancel with a vestry and organ chamber, and a west tower. The tower has two stages on a plinth, with quoins, a two-light west window with a pointed head and a hood mould, paired bell openings with chamfered mullions, a clock face, chamfered string courses, and an embattled parapet with crocketed pinnacles. Inside, there is a 17th-century pulpit, and the font is of similar date. The west screen and lectern were carved by Robert Thompson. There are two pieces of 10th-century carved stone, one depicting a dragon. There are several monuments, the oldest being an effigy of about 1325 which is believed to be of Walter de Teye.