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Temple Newsam, Leeds, North Yorkshire
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Temple Newsam Park Temple Newsam in the beautiful settings just outside Leeds is a magnificent Tudor-Jacobean house and historic estate set in over fifteen hundred acres of parkland and woodland. Its history can be traced to before 1488 when the house was inherited by Thomas Darcy (whom became Lord Darcy of Temple Hurst and Temple Newsam) and was responsible for creating Temple Newsam’s first gardens in around the turn of the sixteenth century. Unfortunately his own work on the house was soon stopped when in 1537 he was executed and the mansion became the property of Henry VIII. The King then gave the estate to the Countess of Lennox, Margaret Tudor who was his niece and she set up home in this magnificent house. The mansion, famous as the birthplace of Lord Danley, who married Mary Queen of Scots, had been the home to the Ingram family for three hundred years up until it was bought from Lord Halifax in 1922. The house is now open as one of Leeds favorite attractions with much on offer to the visitor. There are around thirty fine period rooms that are open to the public over three stories. It has recently undergone a two-year program of restoration partially helped by funds from the lottery fund. It has many collections of fine English pottery dating back to the mid-seventeenth century with some of the finest collections of Wedgwood and tableware’s of Leeds Pottery. Although much of the original furniture is no longer in the house, there is still a fine collection of eighteenth century furniture including a Thomas Chippendale’s Library Writing table which was originally commissioned for nearby Harwood House. The Ingram’s held a high regard for fine paintings and artwork and Temple Newsam has a fine collections of over four hundred painting collected over three hundred years. Some dating back to the mid-sixteenth century including The Temptation of St Jerome which was painted by Giorgio Vasari and The Fair Nun Unmasked by Henry Morland. The Mansion estate has many fine gardens and woodland surrounding the fabulous mansion including a fine walled garden and walkways as well as many working farms where you can visit and take a look at there many rare breeds of pig, cattle and sheep where there is a breeding program which is thought to be the biggest of the world. Temple Newsam Park Telephone: 01132 645 535
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Temple Newsam, Leeds, North Yorkshire
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