| Nuffield Place | |
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 Aerial view of Nuffield Place | |
  Nuffield Place Location within
Oxfordshire | |
| OS grid reference | SU6687 |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Henley-on-Thames |
| Postcode district | RG9 |
| Dialling code | 01491 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ nuffield-place |
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
- Greys Court, a nearby National Trust property
- Museum of Oxford
References
- ^ "Nuffield Place". TripAdvisor. UK. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ " National Trust Magazine". Summer 2011. pp. 34–38.
- ^ Bell, Matthew (11 August 2013). "The original Morris manor: Nuffield Place and the remarkable history of its gadget-obsessed philanthropist owner". The Independent.
- ^ Williams, David (19 April 2012). "Sir William Morris' house open to the public". Daily Telegraph.
External links
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Media related to
Nuffield Place at Wikimedia Commons - Nuffield Place website
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