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Postcard of the Drawing Room at Lotherton Hall looking towards the Hall. This is all part of the extension of the west side of the house carried out by Colonel Frederick Richard Thomas Trench Gascoigne in 1903. The house was electrified at this time and Colonel Gascoigne had the glass and ormolu chandelier installed made by Perry & Co. of Bond Street, London. The piano case was manufactured by Marsh & Jones of Leeds and was based on an 1860 design by Charles Bevan for the industrialist, Sir Titus Salt of Saltaire. The instrument itself was made by Erard of London. The son of Colonel Gascoigne, Sir Alvary Gascoigne, gifted Lotherton Hall and Estate to Leeds City Council in 1968 along with an endowment fund. This had enabled, with the aid of Government Grants, the Council to purchase additions to the collection including the English table, centre, dating from 1840 and the Pugin Rosewood chairs with Ormolu mounts (part of one can be seen, bottom right.) They were acquired in 1971 and 1972, respectively. A portrait of Sir Alvary Gascoigne with his mother Laura Gwendolen Gascoigne hangs above the chimney-piece. It was painted by Edward Hughes (1832-1908). In the centre background a portrait of Mary Hungate, Lady Gascoigne (1709-1764) is on display in the hall. It was painted in 1728 by Enoch Seeman (c1694-1744). Mary Hungate was the daughter of Sir
Francis Hungate of Huddlestone Hall. She married Sir Edward Gascoigne in 1726. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Lotherton Hall Gascoigne | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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