Editing Bretton Hall, West Yorkshire (section)

==History==
In the 14th century the Bretton estate was owned by the Dronsfields and passed by marriage to the Wentworths in 1407.<ref name="P&G">{{citation |url=http://www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/site/532/history |title=Bretton Hall, Wakefield, England |publisher=Parks and Gardens |accessdate=1 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801195234/http://www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/site/532/history |archive-date=1 August 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Henry VIII of England|King Henry VIII]] spent three nights in the old hall and furnishings, draperies and panelling from his bedroom were moved to the new hall.<ref name=tde>{{citation |last=Lewis |first=Samuel|title=Bretton, West|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50827#s15|work=A Topographical Dictionary of England |publisher=British History Online |pages=357–362|year=1848 |accessdate=9 June 2012}}</ref> A hall is marked on [[Christopher Saxton]]'s 1577 map of Yorkshire.<ref name="P&G"/>

The present building was designed and built around 1720 by its owner, [[Sir William Wentworth, 4th Baronet|Sir William Wentworth]], assisted by James Moyser, to replace the earlier hall.  In 1792 it passed into the Beaumont family, latterly Barons and [[Viscount Allendale|Viscounts Allendale]], and the library and dining room were remodelled by [[John Carr (architect)|John Carr]] in 1793. Monumental stables designed by [[George Basevi]] were built between 1842 and 1852.  The hall was sold to the West Riding County Council in 1947.  Before the sale, the panelling of the "Henry VIII parlour" (preserved from the earlier hall) was given to [[Leeds City Council]] and moved to [[Temple Newsam]] house.

The hall housed [[Bretton Hall College of Education]] from 1949 until 2001 and was a campus of the University of Leeds from 2001 to 2007.

Plans to convert the hall to a hotel and offices were submitted for planning approval.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/jul/26/bretton-hall-yorkshire-sculpture-park-league-of-gentlemen-hepworth-wakefield|title= Anyone for a night in the Royston Vasey room?|work= The Guardian|accessdate = 30 March 2013|location=London|first=Martin|last=Wainwright|date=26 July 2012}}</ref> 
and were approved in April 2013.