Parlington Hall

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South view of Parlington Hall in the 1880s
Triumphal arch

Parlington Hall was a country house in the village of Aberford near Leeds in the English county of Yorkshire (now West Yorkshire ).

The Parlington estate contains a number of interesting details, such as: B. the triumphal arch, a historical building II *. Degree designed by Thomas Leverton and built in the late 18th century. It commemorates the victory of the American colonialists over the British in the American War of Independence . An inscription on both sides of the arch reads: "Liberty in N.America Triumphant MDCCLXXXIII" (German: freedom in North America, triumphant 1783). There is also a tunnel called "Dark Arch" which was built to shield the residents of the country house from traffic on Parlington Lane ; it is still intact after almost 200 years. There is also an ice house (also intact), a testimony to Georgian brick construction.

history

The Parlington estate was acquired by the Gascoignes from the Wentworth family in 1546 . Various family members had the country house rebuilt several times and it was abandoned at the beginning of the 20th century. Sir Edward Gascoigne (early 18th century), his son, Sir Thomas Gascoigne , the last baronet, (late 18th century), Richard Oliver-Gascoigne (early 19th century) and finally Isabella and her husband Frederick Charles Trench (Mid and late 19th century) had most of the changes made. The expansion of the country house at the turn of the 20th century, its mixed architecture and the vast number of different building materials resulted in an inconsistent appearance, which was probably only improved by the very prestigious landscaped gardens that were often mentioned in local newspapers. Unfortunately, the increasing deterioration after being abandoned by the family between the 2nd decade of the 20th century and the end of the 1950s meant that the age of the oldest parts of the house could no longer be determined. Most of the buildings that can be seen in photographs were built after the 17th century.

Sir Thomas Gascoigne, 8th and last baronet , succeeded his brother in 1762. Sir Thomas was 1780-1784 Member of Parliament for the constituency of Thirsk , 1784 for the constituency of Malton and 1795 for the constituency of Arundel . He was also a dedicated horse breeder and trainer, winning the St. Leger Stakes on Hollandoise with Sir Thomas Stapleton in 1778 and the same race twenty years later with his self- bred horse Symmetry . He supported the cause of the American independence movement and had a triumphal arch built in memory of the American victory in the War of Independence, modeled on the Arch of Constantine in Rome, at the entrance to his property.

Sir Thomas Gascoigne, the last baronet, died in February 1810 just months after his only son and heir, Tom , who had been killed in a hunting accident. Sir Thomas had a new will drawn up and his stepdaughter, Mary (second child of Sir Charles Turner and Mary Turner ), and her husband, Richard Oliver , received the proceeds of the estate for life on the condition that the family took the name Gascoigne and who both had offspring. Richard Oliver-Gascoigne then managed the property. Mary died in 1819, but by then they had four children, two sons and two daughters. Both sons died before their father and daughters Isabella and Elizabeth inherited all lands in 1843. While at Parlington Hall, Richard continued Sir Thomas' passion for racing, winning St. Leger on Soothsayer in 1811 and Jerry in 1824 . He had the "Dark Arch" built in 1813 and was High Sheriff of Yorkshire from 1816-1817 .

Isabella and Elizabeth, two very creative women, immediately commissioned the construction of schools, poor houses and churches in the region, had the property comprehensively improved and thus improved the living conditions of their tenants. The sisters themselves made spectacular stained glass windows for their various projects. One of them has been preserved in Parlington Park to this day. Isabella's particular interest was in wood turning, she had at least three turning machines in her workshop in Parlington and wrote a basic work on the subject. 1850 married Isabella Colonel Frederick Charles Trench from Woodlawn in Irish County Galway . In 1852 Elizabeth married Frederick's cousin, Frederick Mason Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown , head of the Trench family. Together, the two sisters had already had the magnificent Castle Oliver built on their father's estate in Limerick , Ireland . Elizabeth and her husband lived there while Isabella and her husband continued to reside at Parlington Hall until she died in 1891.

After the death of Isabella's husband in June 1905, Parlington Hall was abandoned. The son of the two, Colonel Frederick Richard Thomas Trench-Gascoigne , already lived in another family residence nearby, Lotherton Hall, east of Aberford, which he inherited after the death of his aunt Elizabeth. After 1905, much of the contents of Parlington Hall and some of its minor architectural details were moved to Lotherton Hall, and Parlington Hall was largely demolished in the 1950s and 1960s, leaving only the west wing. Lotherton Hall is home to many Gascoigne memorabilia and is open to the public.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Web site Parlington Hall. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  2. ^ Sir Thomas Gascoigne, 8th Baronet of Parlington (1745-1810) . Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved June 8, 2017.

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Coordinates: 53 ° 49 '8.4 "  N , 1 ° 21' 34.9"  W.