Heritage Education Trust’s Sandford Award
Harewood House Trust is delighted once again to become the recipient of the prestigious Heritage Education Trust’s Sandford Award, in recognition of the achievement of the Trust’s Learning programme.
Thomas Chippendale’s Tercentenary
The Chippendale tercentenary this year has successfully marked the birth of this famous influential Yorkshire cabinet maker and Harewood House Trust has played a key role in the celebrations.
Harewood acquires Thomas Chippendale’s famous Director
Harewood House Trust has marked the tercentenary of Thomas Chippendale with the acquisition of The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director.
Honouring Thomas Chippendale
Over 500 residents from Otley visited Harewood on 5 June, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Master Carpenter, Thomas Chippendale’s baptism.
Early Autumn in Harewood’s Gardens
The gardens team at Harewood are responsible for maintaining over 100 acres of beautiful Grade 1 listed gardens, grounds and woodlands.
Professor Ann Sumner on Chippendale’s largest commission
To mark the Baptism Day of Thomas Chippendale on 5th June 2018, we are publishing a recording of the paper delivered by Ann Sumner at the 42nd Annual Symposium of the Furniture History Society.
Costumes from ITV’s Victoria on display
To celebrate the success ITV's Victoria, the opulent rooms on Harewood’s State Floor will come to life with costumes worn by Jenna Coleman who plays Queen Victoria.
Preparing Harewood for ITV’s Victoria
Harewood House was recently used as a major set for ITV’s new series, Victoria. The crew filmed across Yorkshire for…
Harewood’s Electricity Story
Harewood House Trust and University of Leeds have been awarded £5,000 from The Culture Capital Exchange to research the electrification at Harewood House.
Battle of Waterloo: what are the odds?
Three generations of the Lascelles family were wounded in major European wars exactly 100 years apart on June 18 in 1815, 1915, and 1944. What are the chances?