- Harewood House
Infobox UKproperty
property_name = Harewood House
imgage_name = Harewood House, seen from the garden.jpg
image_size = 200px
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type =Stately Home
NT/EH/RHS = Harewood House Trust
area =
main =Grade I listed House
other = Landscaped gardens
public_access = Yes
museum =
exhibition =
country =England
region =Yorkshire and the Humber
gridSquare =
address = Harewood House, Harewood, Leeds
postcode = LS17 9LG
refreshments = Yes
parking = Yes
shop = Yes
webAddress = [http://www.harewood.org/ Harewood House]
co_ord =Harewood House (pronEng|ˈhɑː(r)wʊd, as if written "Harwood") is a
country house located inHarewood (pronounced as if written "Hairwood"), nearLeeds ,West Yorkshire ,England . It is a member ofTreasure Houses of England , a marketing consortium for nine of the foremost stately homes in England. The house itself is a Grade Ilisted building , there are a number of features in the grounds and courtyard that have been listed as Grade II and II*.A brief history of Harewood House
The house was built from 1759 to 1771 for the Lascelles family, who had bought the estate after making their fortune in the
West Indies through Customs positions, slave trading and lending money to planters. The house was designed by the architects John Carr andRobert Adam .Much of the furniture is by the eighteenth century English furniture designer
Thomas Chippendale , who came from nearbyOtley .Lancelot "Capability" Brown designed the grounds to which Sir
Charles Barry added a grand terrace, in 1844.Mauchline,M. (1992) "Harewood House. One of the Treasure Houses of Britain". Asbourne: Moorland Publishing Co Ltd.]Artist
Thomas Girtin stayed at the house many times, painting the house itself and also the surrounding countryside and landmarks, such as the nearbyPlumpton Rocks which at the time was owned by the Harewood Estate. [ [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/articleHL/10777 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography] ]Harewood house has a long history of taking visitors interested in its imposing architecture, and collections of paintings. The first guidebook to Harewood House was published early in the nineteenth century.
The house served as a convalescent hospital during both
World War I andWorld War II .Harewood House today
The house is still the family home of the Lascelles family. Lord Harewood, George Lascelles, is the seventh
Earl . His mother was Mary, Princess Royal, daughter of King George V and Queen Mary.The estate has been transferred into a trust ownership structure, and as a result is managed by Harewood House Trust and is open to the public most of the year. Harewood won a "Large Visitor Attraction of the Year" award in the 2003 national "Excellence in England" awardsHarewood House website. "Harewood Card Newsletter. Autumn/Winter 2003-04" [http://www.harewood.org.uk/newsletter/newsletter4.pdf] retrieved
1 December 2006 .] and remains a popularYorkshire tourist attraction. As well as tours of the house and grounds, visitors can enjoy the Himalayan Garden and itsstupa , an educational bird garden, an extensive adventure playground and catering facilities. The grounds also contain Yorkshire's first planetarium, theYorkshire Planetarium .The
Leeds Country Way passes through the Harewood Estate, to the south of the house and lake.Pronunciation of 'Harewood'
There is often debate as to the exact pronunciation of the word 'Harewood'. In the eighteenth century, the customary pronunciation (and spelling) was "Harwood" and this pronunciation for both house and title is still used by Harewood House. Nevertheless, the typical pronunciation nowadays is "Harewood".
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External links
* [http://www.harewood.org/ Official site]
* [http://www.harewoodhouseweddings.co.uk Harewood House weddings, Official site]
* [http://www.yorkshireplanetarium.co.uk The Yorkshire Planetarium official site]
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