Grade I Listed country manor goes on the market for £1.5million

2022-10-03

NOT keeping it in the family (anymore)! Spacious 12-bedroom Grade I Listed country manor owned by wealthy racehorse breeding household for 200 years goes on the market for £1.5million

The Grade I Listed Nunnykirk Hall Northumberland has finally been put on the market for £1.5 million
The 20,000sq ft property was owned by the wealthy Orde family, known for breeding successful racehorses
The house has remained in the family for almost 200 years but in the 1970s was converted to a special school
The Georgian house on 7.5 acres of land was called the finest work of architect John Dobson’s early houses

A spacious 12-bedroom country mansion, that has been in the same family for almost 200 years, has gone on the market for the first time at £1.5 million.

The Grade I Listed Nunnykirk Hall in Northumberland was built in 1825 for the wealthy Orde family, who gained their wealth from breeding successful racehorses.

The Georgian house was designed by the North East’s most famous architect, John Dobson.

Architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner described Nunnykirk as ‘the finest of all Dobson’s early houses’.

The Grade I Listed Nunnykirk Hall in Northumberland (pictured) is o the market for the first time after being owned by the same family since it was built in 1825

The huge 20,000sq ft mansion sprawls over 7.5 acres of land, which include a large walled garden, former bothy, tennis court and lawns that lead down to the River Font

In the 1970s the country home was converted into a school for children with learning difficulties, however, this summer it was closed due to falling pupil numbers. Pictured is the mansion’s large central hall, with an impressive dome ceiling

Within the 20,000sq foot home there is a library. The building has been used as a school for the last 45 years but maintains a lot of its original features

In the 1970s the country home was converted into a school for children with learning difficulties, however, this summer it was closed due to falling pupil numbers.

The magnificent mansion has 20,000sq ft of living space over three storeys.

In need of some modernization, the former family home has eight bedrooms on the first floor and a further our on the second.

It also has a north wing which could be divided to provide offices or accommodation for letting.

Andrew Black, from Savills, who are selling the property, said: ‘Nunnykirk is in a very private position. This will be the first time it has been sold since it was built for the same family.

Original period features such as marble fireplaces, ornate plaster work and cornicing have been retained. The mansion has 12 bed rooms

The music room looks out onto the acres of land that surround the home. The home also includes the grand 150-year-old organ

Hidden within the grounds is a tennis court, a large walled garden, former bothy and lawns that lead down to the River Font

The country mansion features a large underground cellar

‘Despite the fact it was used as a school for 45 years, they have left intact all the wonderful features like cornicing.

‘The main core of the house is still very much a family home and you have options as to what you want to do with the wing at the back, you have flexibility.’

Original period features such as marble fireplaces, ornate plaster work and cornicing have been retained.

The inner hall as a coffered dome ceiling a cast iron balustrade as well as the grand 150-year-old organ.

Original period features such as marble fireplaces, ornate plaster work and cornicing have been retained

When the home was designed in 1825, architect John Dobson intended this room to be the drawing room

The Grade I Listed Nunnykirk Hall in Northumberland was built in 1825 for the wealthy Orde family , who gained their wealth from breeding successful race horses. A number of its classic features remain in place

Traditionally used as the reception hall. The property, which has remained in the same family for almost 200 years, is expected to be sold for more than £1.5 million

Andrew Black, from Savills, who are selling the property said that the home is a ‘modernisation project rather than taking on something that’s a wreck’

Nunnykirk Hall has been called the finest of Dobson’s early houses – he built many of the country houses in Northumberland

The house sits in 7.5 acres of land, which include a large walled garden, former bothy, tennis court and lawns that lead down to the River Font.

Mr Black added: ‘It is going to cost money to refurbish and that is reflected in the guide price, but it is a nice footprint for someone to put their own stamp on.

‘It’s a modernisation project rather than taking on something that’s a wreck.

‘Nunnykirk has been called the finest of Dobson’s early houses – he built many of the country houses in Northumberland.’

Who are the Orde family – owners of the Grade I Listed Nunnykirk Hall in Northumberland?

The Orde family were a well-off family in the 18th century from near Morpeth, a town in Northumberland
Admiral Sir John Orde was one member of the family and had a successful career in the Navy before becoming governor of Dominica in the Caribbean between 1783 and 1793
His half brother, William Orde, owned the Nunnykirk estate, and with his son helped renovate and rebuild the property
The family, however, is most well known for its horse breeding, which brought the family huge success and wealth
One of their most successful horses, mentioned multiple times in the Nunnykirk papers, was called Beeswing
Beeswing competed in 57 races and in that time was reportedly only put below second place once. The horse even won the Ascot Gold Cup in 1842. She also won the Newcastle Cup six times
Source: Northumberland Achieves

Nunnykirk Hall, once owned by the well-to-do Orde family, has been put on the market for the first time since it was built 200 years ago for £1.5 million

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