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Harewood House, 7 miles North of Leeds, was built in the second
half of the 18th century. Thomas Chippendale was in charge of the furniture for the Palladian mansion. The park was landscaped by Capability Brown. This landscape designer created the park by
giving emphasis to the green contours of its own natural shape. The lake is surrounded by undulating parkland.  The landscape of Harewood House is still characterized by what eighteenth-century architects designed
and planted. The Terrace on the South, which has two levels, has wonderful views over the grass field and the lake. Plants from all over the
world dominate Harewood’s beautiful gardens whose diversity the visitor can enjoy.
All Saints’ Church in the parkland of Harewood House can be dated back
to pre-Norman times. As it is no longer required for regular worship by the Church of England it got vested in the Churches Conservation Trust. The
Trust conserves historic churches, so that their future can be secured.
The 7th Earl of Harewood, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II,
supervises the work of renovation and maintenance of Harewood House, his home.
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