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Picnic areas in the fields shop dogs on leads, in grounds only not permitted in walled garden guide dogs admitted.
Reserved spaces for disabled drivers in car park visitors may be set down on level ground on forecourt of house, before parking in car park 100 yds. House: access through front entrance four ground floor rooms accessible but some have uneven stone flagged surfaces. Great Barn: access through main doors uneven surfaces. Garden: level gravel paths via house two steps down. Shop and Information Centre: in Bothy by house two steps at entrance and one inside building. Tearoom not suitable for wheelchair users thick handled cutlery available. Guided tours for groups of visually impaired people.
A charming mid-17th century West Yorkshire manor house built for the Clothier James Murgatroyd, who bought the estate in the 1630s. The Murgatroyds' fortunes declined during the later 17th century, and the Hall passed to the Starkie family, who rebuilt the north wing (only the facade still survives) and lived here for more than a hundred years.
In 1905 the north wing was pulled down and eight years later many of the interior fittings were sold to a London dealer, only to be
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- Landmark