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Harewood House, near Leeds, West Yorkshire

 

Harewood House is a Grade 1 Country House near Leeds in West Yorkshire.

 

It was designed by architects John Carr and Robert Adam and built between 1759 and 1771 for wealthy plantation and slave owner Edwin Lascelles - the 1st Baron Harewood, and is still home to the Lascelles family.

 

The 1000 acre grounds were designed by Capability Brown.

 

The house is one of the ten 'Treasure Houses of England'.

 

A spectacular house and grounds that is well worth a visit, but uncomfortable about the source of the wealth that built it.

 

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Uploaded on June 3, 2019
Taken on May 14, 2019