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.

Nuffield Place
Aerial view of Nuffield Place
Nuffield Place Location within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference	SU6687
Civil parish	Nuffield
District	South Oxfordshire
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
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	Henley
Website	www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ nuffield-place

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 has gifted 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.

See also

• Greys Court, a nearby National Trust property

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.

External links

• Media related to Nuffield Place at Wikimedia Commons
• Nuffield Place website