Nunnington Hall is a Grade I listed mansion owned by the National Trust and open to the public.

The village has 28 other houses and features listed Grade II, including an early 18th-century bridge over the river.

[2] The parish church dedicated to All Saints and St James is a Grade I listed building.

[6] Annie Keary's children's book Mia and Charlie; or a Week's Holiday at Ryedale Rectory (London/Winchester, 1855) recounts the story of a Proud Lady of "Nunningham", who haunts the hall.

[9] Nunnington Church of England School dwindled and closed seemingly before the Second World War.