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[62531] Bretton Hall

Bretton Hall, West Bretton, West Yorkshire, c1720 with major additions.‎

Grade ll* listed.

South range c1720 by Sir William Wentworth & Col. James Moyser for Sir William Wentworth himself.

North range 1780s by William Lindley of Doncaster.

The linking block and remodelling of the south range (ie the south bow and the east portico) 1811-14 by Jeffry Wyatville for Col. Thomas Richard & Diana Beaumont.

 

Seen here is the north range. The tall entrance porch was added in 1805.

 

The Yorkshire Sculpture Park opened in 1977 and occupies the parkland of Bretton Hall. It is an open-air gallery showing work by British and international artists, including Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. The park's collection of works by Moore is one of the largest open-air displays of his bronzes in Europe.

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Uploaded on May 21, 2018
Taken on March 16, 2010