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Hereford Calf
4th January 2018
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Cute new arrival marks the beginning of 2018 at Home Farm

A popular farm in Leeds received a New Year’s present to treasure this week following the arrival of a new bull calf. Traditional Hereford Cow ‘Lettuce’ gave birth earlier than expected on the morning of New Year’s Day to Home Farm’s newest recruit. The male, who has yet to be named, is already learning…
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Leeds Halloween
23rd October 2017
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Dead exciting Halloween horrors at city’s museums and galleries

A spine-tingling programme of Halloween horrors will see historic sites in Leeds taken over by spooky scarecrows, ghosts and witches next week. Venues including Temple Newsam, Kirkstall Abbey and Lotherton Hall will be transformed by an exciting line-up of special activities during the scariest time of the year. The ancient grounds of Kirkstall Abbey…
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George Pyke’s Musical Clock
25th September 2017
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George Pyke’s Musical Clock

The film explores the workings of the magnificent musical clock and automaton made by the royal clockmaker George Pyke in 1765. It is one of the great treasures of Temple Newsam and was comprehensively restored in 2014 and brought back into full working order for the enjoyment of our visitors. We see how the…
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George Pyke’s Musical Clock
25th September 2017
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Clocks talk will turn back time at Temple Newsam

For Eighteenth Century aristocrats, having an impressive ornamental timepiece to help you while away the hours was the ultimate status symbol. Now centuries later those magnificent decorative clocks give visitors to Temple Newsam House an insight into how lords and ladies passed the time in an historic country mansion. And on September 30, the…
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Green Flag Award
21st July 2017
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City parks and green spaces recognised with celebrated Green Flag Award

Seven sites across Leeds have hit the heights and been recognised with an internationally recognised green award. Celebrating the very best green spaces across the United Kingdom, Otley Chevin, Pudsey Park, Golden Acre Park, Kirkstall Abbey, Roundhay Park, Temple Newsam estate and Middleton Park have once again being honoured with Green Flag Award status.…
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Silver Showstoppers
31st May 2017
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Object of the week- Silver epergne Showstopper

Decorative and glamorous, Temple Newsam’s silver epergne fittingly once belonged to a celebrated Paris socialite. The dazzling centrepiece was made by Thomas Pitts in 1759 and is a particularly ornate example of a type of table decoration which became the height of fashion in the middle of the 18th Century. Crafted in what was…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
12th May 2017
2 mins read

Sparkling silver service at Temple Newsam’s spectacular new display

A dazzling collection of silver centrepieces will be displayed together for the first time in a unique celebration of master silversmiths from the past 250 years. Temple Newsam House’s Showstoppers exhibition will see beautiful historic pieces from the house’s world-renowned collection on show alongside imaginative creations by two leading contemporary silversmiths. Launching this Saturday,…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
28th April 2017
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New bridge puts cyclists on the right path

A new bridge to link the Trans Pennine Trail with Temple Newsam was officially opened this week. The new Skelton Bridge crosses the River Aire near to Skelton Lake and provides a walking and cycling route across the Lower Aire Valley, as well as linking to the Trans Pennine Trail cycle route into the…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
25th April 2017
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New bridge puts cyclists on the right path

A new bridge to link the Trans Pennine Trail with Temple Newsam will officially open later this week. The new Skelton Bridge crosses the River Aire near to Skelton Lake and provides a walking and cycling route across the Lower Aire Valley, as well as linking to the Trans Pennine Trail cycle route into…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
5th April 2017
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Object of the week- Transforming table

A new acquisition at Temple Newsam House, this beautifully-made table hides an intricate internal mechanism which allows it to transform. Made from mahogany with inlaid and finely engraved brass decoration, the desk was made in around 1740, possibly by Thomas Potter, a London-based master craftsman. A complex system of internal springs and weights can…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
31st March 2017
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Experience the cuteness of Home Farm’s new arrivals this Easter

A host of cute newborn animals will be the stars of the show as a popular Leeds farm kicks off its special Springtime Babies Easter Celebration event this Saturday. Held from Saturday 1 April 2017 – Monday 17 April 2017, visitors will be able to see how the new arrivals ranging from lambs and…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
9th March 2017
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House’s new transforming desk is more than meets the eye

It could well be the world’s oldest and most beautifully made Transformer. And next week, visitors can get an up close look Temple Newsam’s magnificent mechanised reading and writing desk, crafted more than 270 years ago. The newly-acquired desk, made from mahogany with inlaid and finely engraved brass decoration, was fashioned in around 1740,…
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