Lotherton Hall

Om museet

Lotherton Hall stands on an estate near Aberford, east of Leeds. The house has a Regency core and was extended in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods by Colonel Gascoigne, giving it the feel of a grand but comfortable country home of the early 1900s. A small medieval chapel dedicated to St James, dating from the 1100s, was once part of the lost village of Luttrington; it was restored during the First World War, when the estate served as a military hospital.

The house became a museum in 1968, with many objects given by the Gascoigne family. Leeds Museums and Galleries now runs the site, which shows rooms furnished in the style of the period, restored servants' quarters that explain the lives of the staff, and a large collection of decorative arts from the 19th and 20th centuries, including furniture, ceramics, silver, metalwork and jewellery. Fashion has been shown at Lotherton since the earliest days of the museum, and dedicated Fashion Galleries host changing exhibitions of dress and textiles.

The grounds include eight acres of Edwardian gardens created by Gwendolen Gascoigne between 1893 and 1914, an orchard planted in 2005, a red deer park and woodland. Wildlife World, a small zoo with a nocturnal house, and several play areas make the estate a full day out for families.

Højdepunkter

• Edwardian country house with period rooms and restored servants' quarters
• Fashion Galleries with annual exhibitions of dress and textiles
• Decorative arts collection of the 19th and 20th centuries
• Eight acres of Edwardian gardens, orchard and red deer park
• Wildlife World animal park and adventure playground
• Medieval chapel dating from the 1100s

Permanent udstilling

• Lotherton Hall – Period rooms of an Edwardian country house and restored servants' quarters, with changing displays of furniture, ceramics, silver and jewellery.

Grundlagt

1968

Ejer

Leeds Museums and Galleries (Leeds City Council)

Entrépriser & rabatter

Admission covers the house, gardens, estate and Wildlife World, and includes parking. Free house entry for members of the Friends of Leeds City Museums, Leeds Art Fund and Art Fund; free entry for a named Max Card holder and one parent or carer. LeedsCard, LeedsCard Extra and Breeze Pass holders get discounts. Free entry does not apply to some ticketed events. In December Christmas Experience prices apply.

Tilgængelighed

• Delvis kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator
• Handicaptoilet
• Handicapparkering
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

A proportion of the house is accessible, with ramped access and a lift to the first floor (Fashion Galleries and three other rooms); a further two rooms are reached only by chair lift. Large motorised wheelchairs and scooters cannot use the visitor route in the house, but one light manual wheelchair can be borrowed there, and another at the Stables Cafe for the grounds; only one wheelchair at a time can go upstairs. Three outdoor mobility scooters can be booked by phone. Most grounds are accessible, though gravel paths can be hard going and not all of the Edwardian Garden can be entered. There is a Changing Places toilet in the Stables Courtyard and accessible toilets in the house and cafe. Accessible parking spaces are in the car park nearest the hall. Assistance dogs are welcome in all areas. There are no induction loops. Visual story guides for the estate and Wildlife World are available.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
• Interaktive stationer
• Barnevognsvenlig
• Puslerum
• Legeplads / legehjørne
• Børnefødselsdage

The house has five curiosity cabinets, a walking trail, a digital interactive and an Edwardian dressing-up area. Outdoors there is a fenced adventure playground for younger children and a woodland play area (part of the timber play area is closed while a new adventure playground is built). Children's birthday parties in a party cabin cost £25 per child from April to September. A covered buggy park is next to the house entrance, and baby changing is in the cafe, courtyard toilets and house.

Transport & parkering

The estate is about 12 miles from Leeds. From the M1 take junction 47, or from the A1 take junction 42. A 180 metre drive leads to the entry kiosk.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Restaurant: findes ikke
• Museumsbutik

Stables Cafe with hot and cold food, an ice cream kiosk in summer, the Courtyard Shop and the Wildlife World shop. Picnic benches and grassy areas across the estate.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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