Temple Newsam House, Leeds
Temple Newsam is a Tudor and Jacobean mansion, with significant alterations in the 18th Century. The house is set in a Capability Brown landscaped park on the outskirts of Leeds.
Around the top of the house, letters appear in a balustrade, declaring the piety and loyalty of one-time owner Sir Arthur Ingram. The original letters were constructed in stone in 1628, but replaced with the current metal letters in 1788. The inscription is believed to be the longest of its type in Britain. The full inscription reads: 'ALL GLORY AND PRAISE BE GIVEN TO GOD THE FATHER THE SON AND HOLY GHOST ON HIGH PEACE ON EARTH GOOD WILL TOWARDS MEN HONOUR AND TRUE ALLEGIANCE TO OUR GRACIOUS KING LOVING AFFECTION AMONGST HIS SUBJECTS HEALTH AND PLENTY BE WITHIN THIS HOUSE.
Temple Newsam House, Leeds
Temple Newsam is a Tudor and Jacobean mansion, with significant alterations in the 18th Century. The house is set in a Capability Brown landscaped park on the outskirts of Leeds.
Around the top of the house, letters appear in a balustrade, declaring the piety and loyalty of one-time owner Sir Arthur Ingram. The original letters were constructed in stone in 1628, but replaced with the current metal letters in 1788. The inscription is believed to be the longest of its type in Britain. The full inscription reads: 'ALL GLORY AND PRAISE BE GIVEN TO GOD THE FATHER THE SON AND HOLY GHOST ON HIGH PEACE ON EARTH GOOD WILL TOWARDS MEN HONOUR AND TRUE ALLEGIANCE TO OUR GRACIOUS KING LOVING AFFECTION AMONGST HIS SUBJECTS HEALTH AND PLENTY BE WITHIN THIS HOUSE.