Nuffield Place

Nuffield Place
Aerial view of Nuffield Place
Nuffield Place is located in Oxfordshire
Nuffield Place
Nuffield Place
Location within Oxfordshire
OS grid referenceSU6687
Civil parish
  • Nuffield
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHenley-on-Thames
Postcode districtRG9
Dialling code01491
PoliceThames Valley
FireOxfordshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
Websitewww.nationaltrust.org.uk/ nuffield-place
List of places
UK
England
Oxfordshire
51°35′06″N 1°01′18″W / 51.585050°N 1.021667°W / 51.585050; -1.021667

Nuffield Place is a country house near the village of Nuffield[1] in the Chiltern Hills in South Oxfordshire, England, just over 4 miles (6 km) east of Wallingford.

The house was completed in 1914. Sir William Morris (later created Viscount Nuffield) had it enlarged in 1933 and lived there until his death in 1963. Lord Nuffield was buried at Holy Trinity Parish Church in the village, and bequeathed Nuffield Place and its contents to Nuffield College, Oxford, as a museum. The college later gave the house and part of the estate to the National Trust.[2][3][4]

Lord Nuffield was fond of clocks and his bedroom contains eight. His bedroom also has a miniature workshop, in a cupboard, containing a vice and metalworking tools, as well as a jar containing Lord Nuffield's own preserved appendix.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Nuffield Place". TripAdvisor. UK. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. ^ "National Trust Magazine". Summer 2011. pp. 34–38.
  3. ^ Bell, Matthew (11 August 2013). "The original Morris manor: Nuffield Place and the remarkable history of its gadget-obsessed philanthropist owner". The Independent.
  4. ^ Williams, David (19 April 2012). "Sir William Morris' house open to the public". Daily Telegraph.


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