Harewood House
Harewood House
Harewood House is a Grade I registered historic landscape encompassing 610.18 hectares in West Yorkshire, combining an expansive 18th-century park by Capability Brown with Charles Barry's Victorian Italianate parterre.
Commissioned by Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood, the grounds were transformed between 1772 and 1781 by Capability Brown, who dammed Stank Beck to form a breathtaking 32-acre serpentine lake, surrounded by undulating meadows and dramatic tree clumps.
In the 1840s, Sir Charles Barry introduced the majestic formal South Terrace—an intricate Italianate parterre with stone balustrades, fountains, and vibrant seasonal planting contrasting against Brown's pastoral parkland.
Safeguarded at Grade I under NHLE 1001218, Harewood House stands among Yorkshire's finest Treasure Houses and premier historical estates.
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