Nuffield Place is a
country house
An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these peopl ...
near the village of
Nuffield in the
Chiltern Hills
The Chiltern Hills is a chalk escarpment in England.
The area, northwest of London, covers stretching from Goring-on-Thames in the southwest to Hitchin in the northeast - across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, and Bedfordshire. ...
in
South Oxfordshire,
England
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, just over east of
Wallingford.
The house was completed in 1914.
Sir William Morris (later created
Viscount Nuffield
A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status.
In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicial ...
) 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
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.
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.
See also
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Greys Court, a nearby National Trust property
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Museum of Oxford
References
External links
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Nuffield Place website
1914 establishments in England
Buildings and structures completed in 1914
National Trust properties in Oxfordshire
Historic house museums in Oxfordshire
Nuffield College, Oxford
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