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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 and Robert Adam . Much of the furniture is by the eighteenth century English furniture designer Thomas Chippendale , who came from nearby Otley . 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 nearby Plumpton Rocks which at the time was owned by the Harewood Estate. 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 and World 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'' {Link without Title} retrieved 01 December 2006 .and remains a popular Yorkshire tourist attraction. As well as tours of the house and grounds, visitors can enjoy the Himalayan Garden and its Stupa , an educational bird garden, an extensive adventure playground and catering facilities. THE YORKSHIRE PLANETARIUM Within the grounds is Yorkshire's first Planetarium . It consists of three linked Geodesic domes with one dedicated to the planetarium itself and the other providing further information about space. 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''. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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