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Harewood House

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Harewood House is a Palladian stately home in Harewood, West Yorkshire, England, built between 1759 and 1771 for Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood, to the design of the architects John Carr and Robert Adam, with grounds laid out across 1,000 acres by Lancelot Capability Brown. Lascelles's fortune, like the house he built with it, was founded on plantation and slave ownership in the Caribbean. A Grade I listed building still home to the Lascelles family and managed by the Harewood House Trust, it is a member of the Treasure Houses of England consortium and is open to the public for most of the year. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Building Type
Country House 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Harewood, United Kingdom 2
Completed Year
1771 1
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Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
House 1
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Palladian Architecture, Styles and Movements
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1. Harewood House (Wikipedia)
  • Harewood House, The Lascelles family section
    The foundations were laid in 1759 and the house was largely complete by 1765.
  • Lead section
    Still home to the Lascelles family, Harewood House is a member of the Treasure Houses of England, a marketing consortium for ten of the foremost historic homes in the country. The house is a Grade I listed building and a number of features in the grounds and courtyard have been listed as Grade I, II* and II.
  • Infobox: completion_date
    1771
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field
    Harewood House ( HAR-wuud, HAIR-) is a country house in Harewood, West Yorkshire, England. Designed by architects John Carr and Robert Adam, it was built between 1759 and 1771, for Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood, a wealthy West Indian plantation and slave owner. The landscape was designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown and spans 1,000 acres (400 hectares) at Harewood. Still home to the Lasce
  • In Style: Palladian Architecture, infobox architectural_style field: Palladian
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2. Harewood House (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Harewood, United Kingdom
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Harewood, United Kingdom
Wikidata item Q1585312, property P131/P17 (location): Harewood, United Kingdom
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