Editing Temple Newsam (section)

==House and estate today==
The house and estate are owned by [[Leeds City Council]] and open to the public. The house has undergone substantial restoration to its exterior. There is an established programme of restoring rooms back to known previous configurations, reversing the numerous intrusive installations and modifications that took place during the building's "art museum" phase.

The wider estate is made up of woods (the second largest part of the [[Forest of Leeds]]).<ref name="ForestL">{{cite web|title=Forest of Leeds: Temple Newsam Woodlands|url=http://www.leeds.gov.uk/fol/fol_26.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116025213/http://www.leeds.gov.uk/fol/fol_26.html|archive-date=16 November 2007|access-date=28 October 2007|publisher=Leeds City Council}}</ref> There are sporting facilities for football, golf, running, cycling, horse-riding and orienteering. There is an innovative children's playground opened in 2011 which caters for both disabled and able-bodied children.<ref>{{cite web|title=7 of the very best playgrounds to visit with the kids in Leeds|url=https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/best-in-leeds/whats-on-news/leeds-playgrounds-parks-green-spaces-16283887|access-date=3 October 2020|website=Leeds Live|date=28 December 2019|archive-date=21 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921050636/https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/best-in-leeds/whats-on-news/leeds-playgrounds-parks-green-spaces-16283887|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Pegasus Wood'', to the south of the house, commemorates veterans of the [[Normandy Landing]] at [[Pegasus Bridge]] in 1944.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Parkrun Ltd.|url=https://www.parkrun.org.uk/templenewsam/news/2014/02/25/pegasus/|title=Temple Newsam parkrun: latest news|date=25 February 2014|accessdate=29 January 2021|archive-date=7 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207152117/https://www.parkrun.org.uk/templenewsam/news/2014/02/25/pegasus/|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Temple Newsam - Home Farm - Great Barn - geograph.org.uk - 961569.jpg|alt=Photograph of brick barn at the Home Farm, Temple Newsam|thumb|Great Barn, Home Farm, Temple Newsam]]
The ''Home Farm'', open to the public, has a barn built in 1694 and is the largest working rare breeds farm in Europe, and only one of 16 nationally approved by the [[Rare Breeds Survival Trust]]. Breeds include [[Gloucester cattle|Gloucester]], [[Kerry cattle|Kerry]], [[Irish Moiled]], [[Red Poll]], [[White Park cattle|White Park]], [[British White]], [[Beef Shorthorn]], [[Vaynol cattle|Vaynol]] and [[Belted Galloway]] cattle; [[Kerry Hill (sheep)|Kerry Hill]]; [[Whitefaced Woodland]] and [[Portland (sheep)|Portland]] sheep, and [[Golden Guernsey]] goats.<ref>{{cite web|title=Temple Newsam Home Farm|date=12 July 2018 |url=https://www.rbst.org.uk/temple-newsam-home-farm|access-date=3 October 2020|archive-date=23 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923055019/https://www.rbst.org.uk/temple-newsam-home-farm|url-status=live}}</ref> The farm was targeted by arsonists twice in 2011 with damage caused to buildings, and some animals killed.<ref name="BBC 2011 Fire">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-16037518|date=5 December 2011|title=Temple Newsam's Home Farm closed following recent fire|work=BBC News|archive-date=23 March 2024|access-date=23 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323193805/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-16037518|url-status=live}}</ref>

There are extensive gardens, with a celebrated rhododendron walk and six [[National Plant Collection]]s: [[Aster novi-belgii]] (Michaelmas daisies), [[Phlox]] paniculata, [[Delphinium]] elatum (Cultivars), [[Solenostemon scutellarioides]] (sys. Coleus blumei), [[Primula auricula]] and [[Chrysanthemum]] (Charm and Cascade cultivars).<ref>{{cite web|title=The National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens|url=http://www.nccpg.com/|access-date=20 September 2007|archive-date=26 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926043448/http://www.nccpg.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> Within the ''Walled Garden'' there are 800 yards of herbaceous borders.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Leeds City Council|url=https://museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/temple-newsam/see-and-do-at-temple-newsam/gardens-at-temple-newsam/|title=Gardens at Temple Newsam|accessdate=22 November 2020|archive-date=17 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617230418/https://museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/temple-newsam/see-and-do-at-temple-newsam/gardens-at-temple-newsam/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Heritage designations===
The main house of Temple Newsam is a Grade I [[listed building]].<ref name="HE - house">{{Historic England|num=1255943 |desc=Temple Newsom House |grade=I |access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref> The grounds are designated as Grade II on the [[Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1001356 |desc=Temple Newsom |grade=II |access-date=1 March 2023}}</ref> The neo-classical stable block and the Little Temple are both Grade II* listed.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1255954 |desc=Stables at Temple Newsam |grade=II* |access-date=1 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num=1255949 |desc=Little Temple |grade=II* |access-date=1 March 2023}}</ref> The north lodges<ref>{{NHLE |num=1255950 |desc=North Lodges with wall and gate piers at Temple Newsam |grade=II |access-date=1 March 2023}}</ref> and the nearby boundary walls<ref>{{NHLE |num=1255951 |desc=Boundary wall to north of Temple Newsam Park, to east and west of North Lodges |grade=II |access-date=1 March 2023}}</ref> are Grade II listed as are several buildings at Home Farm: the dovecote and laundry,<ref>{{NHLE |num=1255948 |desc=Dovecote, laundry, sheds at Home Farm|grade=II |access-date=1 March 2023}}</ref> a barn<ref>{{NHLE |num=1255911 |desc=Barn at Temple Newsam to north-east of the stables |grade=II |access-date=1 March 2023}}</ref> and the farmhouse.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1255947 |desc=Home Farmhouse |grade=II |access-date=1 March 2023}}</ref> Several other structures at Temple Newsam are also Grade II listed, these are the Sphinx Gates,<ref>{{NHLE |num=1255952 |desc=Sphinx Gates |grade=II |access-date=1 March 2023}}</ref> the walled garden,<ref>{{NHLE |num=1255913 |desc=Rose Garden Wall at Temple Newsam |grade=II |access-date=1 March 2023}}</ref> a cast-iron fountain,<ref>{{NHLE |num=1255945 |desc=Fountain south of Temple Newsam House |grade=II |access-date=1 March 2023}}</ref> and a stone bridge.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1255912 |desc=Bridge over Avenue Ponds |grade=II |access-date=1 March 2023}}</ref>