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LOTHERTON HALL

LEEDS MUSEUMS & GALLERIES Welcome to Lotherton Hall

Welcome to lotherton hall and estate, the intimate former home of the Gascoigne family who so generously donated the Hall, its contents and grounds to the . The Estate has much to offer: woodland walks, a deer park and a renowned bird garden, as well as the historic house and formal gardens, which are at the heart of the property.The house, Lotherton Hall, is one of eight museums and art galleries which Leeds maintains for the benefit of local residents and visitors to the area. These include a second, and much larger country house, , which lies eight miles to the south-west.

A tour of the Lotherton Hall reveals beautiful and quite unexpected interiors, with magnificent furniture and superb works of art. Discover the fascinating history of the Gascoigne family who lived here for almost 150 years. Yorkshire’s most welcoming country house has so much to offer. Enjoy a wander through the wildflower meadow, relax in the lovely formal gardens, or just watch the kids let off some steam in the adventure playground. Enjoy your visit and do come back soon.

Above left: Visitors can enjoy a stroll in the woods Above right: The Walled Garden is a quiet area for relaxing Opposite top: The Inner Hall – the start to a tour of the house Left: The Peony Priest is one of our most well-known features Right: Round-off a visit with a look around the Bird Garden 2 3 Lotherton Estate

The lotherton estate is situated on the eastern edge of the Leeds Metropolitan District, roughly half way between Leeds and York, close to where the old Great North Road (A1) joins the new M1 motorway.Wetherby is eight miles to the north-west, Tadcaster five-and-a-half miles to the east, Garforth four miles to the south-west and the village of Aberford one-and-a-half miles to the west. At the heart of the estate is Lotherton Hall, an historic gentleman’s country residence which is now an art museum. It is approached through the park which is bounded on the south side by the deer park with the stable block to the east. Gardens surround the hall on three sides and on the fourth side, to the north, is the Bird Garden which has been built on the site of the old kitchen gardens and orchard. To the east of the Hall is Captain Wood, through which visitors can walk to the Boundary Trail, a modern path which skirts the edge of the property.

Lotherton used to be Luttringtun, Lutherton Thomas Jefferys’ map of Yorkshire, 1775. Detail showing the or Lutterton, a settlement which is recorded as Great North Road with the village of Aberford. Lotherton is long ago as 963ad but gradually disappeared in marked to the east of the village and Parlington to the west. more recent times as the owners of the Hall had vanished by the middle of the next century. enclosed the grounds. On Thomas Jefferys’ map of Only two of the old village buildings still stand, the 1775 a number of houses are marked which the Chapel and the Old House.

View of the Monumental Almshouses at Aberford. Erected by the Misses Gascoigne 1843–45. Lithograph by A Maclure c1845 4