Bretton Hall is a stately home in West Bretton in the county of West Yorkshire, England, near Wakefield. It housed Bretton Hall College (1949-2001) and was a campus of the University of Leeds (2001-2007). It is a Grade II* listed building.
The present building replaces an earlier hall on the same site, and was designed and built around 1720 by its owner, Sir William Wentworth, assisted by James Moyser. In 1792 it passed into the Beaumont family, ...
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Bretton Hall is a stately home in West Bretton in the county of West Yorkshire, England, near Wakefield. It housed Bretton Hall College (1949-2001) and was a campus of the University of Leeds (2001-2007). It is a Grade II* listed building.
The present building replaces an earlier hall on the same site, and was designed and built around 1720 by its owner, Sir William Wentworth, assisted by James Moyser. In 1792 it passed into the Beaumont family, (latterly Barons and Viscounts Allendale), and the Library and Dining Room were remodelled by John Carr in 1793. A new wing by Sir Jeffry Wyattville was added in 1811-14, and monumental stables designed by George Basevi were built between 1842 and 1852. The hall was sold to the West Riding County Council in 1947. Prior to this sale, the panelling of the "Henry VIII parlour" (preserved from the earlier hall and dating to the 1530s) was given to Leeds City Council and moved to Temple Newsam house.
The Hall is set in 500 acres (2 km²) of lakes...
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