The Tudor-Jacobean house has been called the ‘Hampton Court of the North’
“Most of the contents were dispersed at this time, leaving the house denuded. However, in 1938 under director Philip Hendy, Temple Newsam became a museum of decorative arts with two key strands of collecting established; firstly, repatriation of objects to the house; and secondly, the acquisition of the finest examples of British decorative arts up to c. 1840. Furthermore, Temple Newsam became home to Leeds’ Old Masters paintings.
The Tudor-Jacobean house has been called the ‘Hampton Court of the north’. The Woods sold up after World War One, when the house was used as a hospital, but placed covenants on it to ensure its protection. In the 1930s the grounds even hosted the Great Yorkshire Show. The Wood family retained their other Yorkshire estates, including Garrowby in the Yorkshire Wolds and Hickleton near Doncaster. The
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