Join us for a programme of special tours exploring fascinating elements of Temple Newsam’s rich and varied history.  Subjects include power, art, costume and ghosts: these tours promise to reveal a different side to this magnificent house.

These tours will last between 1-1.5hrs.  Meeting point is the Great Hall, unless otherwise stated. Cost for the tours is £5 (plus house admission).

Sunday 22 June, 11am & 2pm

Sir Edward Wood, Lord Halifax, was the last member of the Ingram family who inherited Temple Newsam from Emily Meynell-Ingram in 1904.  He sold the estate to Leeds City Council in 1922. Learn about his powerful career and his legacy at Temple Newsam