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Simon McCormack, Property Curator for the National Trust - Nostell, helping to prepare the Saloon Room at the house."You might spot him as he walks around the house or, perhaps you’ll see him having a cheeky pre-Christmas snooze by the fire.
Nostell Priory is referred to by the National Trust simply as Nostell and is a Palladian house located in Nostell, near Crofton, close to Wakefield.Fay Bland, Programme & Partnership Officer for the National Trust, Nostell, decorating Christmas trees in the Lower Hall. Construction of the present house started in 1733, and the furniture, furnishings and decorations made for the house remain in situ.The Winns were textile merchants in London. George Wynne of Gwydir was appointed Draper to Elizabeth I, his grandson, Sir George Winn was created 1st Baronet of Nostell in 1660 and the family subsequently owed its wealth to the coal under the estate, and later from leasing land in Lincolnshire for mining iron ore during the Industrial Revolution.
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