Name: Brodsworth Hall and Gardens
Address: Brodsworth, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, follow brown signs
Telephone: 01302 722598

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Brodsworth, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, follow brown signs

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Members' Events: Explore the art collection at Brodsworth Hall

Tues 22 Oct 2024 10am - 11:30am
Halloween Half-Term at Brodsworth Hall

Sat 26 Oct - Sun 3 Nov 2024 10am - 4pm
Spooky Woodland Walk at Brodsworth Hall

Mon 28 - Thurs 31 Oct 2024 17.30, 18.30 and 19.30
Festive Fun at Brodsworth Hall

Weekends 30th Nov - 22nd Dec 2024 10am - 4pm
Father Christmas at Brodsworth Hall

Weekends from 30 Nov to 22 Dec 2024 10am - 4pm
Wreath Making Workshops at Brodsworth Hall

Tue 3, Thu 5, Tue 10 & Thu 12 December 2024 11am
Half Term History Makers at Brodsworth Hall

Sat 15 - Sun 23 Feb 2025 10am - 4pm

Brodsworth Hall Timeline

1505Darrells to Dawneys

The estate passes from the Darrell family to the Dawneys of Cowick.

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1715The First Kinnoull

New owner George Hay, later Earl of Kinnoull, is arrested on suspicion of Jacobite sympathies. On his release he returns to Brodsworth and carries out building works.

1758Renovations

Robert Hay Drummond, later Archbishop of York, inherits and carries out extensive renovations at Brodsworth.

1791The First Thellusson

Peter Thellusson, a wealthy merchant and banker, buys Brodsworth.

1796Infamous Will

There are extensive legal battles over Thellusson's peculiar will, which withholds much of his estate until after all his living sons and grandsons die.

1858Legal Resolution

The battle over Thellusson's will finally ends when the inheritance is divided between Frederick, 4th Baron Rendlesham, and Charles Sabine Augustus Thellusson. Charles inherits Brodsworth.

Brand New House

Charles commissions little-known architect Philip Wilkinson to build a new house. The gardens are also laid out in the 1860s.

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1905Coal Money

Charles leases land to the newly formed Brodsworth Colliery Company. This brings in income from rent and coal royalties.

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1906-13Modernisation

With the extra coal income, the Thellussons redecorate several rooms, update the kitchen and replace gas lights with electricity.

1913-1930sFinancial Pressures

Charles Grant-Dalton inherits in 1931. Under financial pressure, Charles sells off paintings and part of the estate.

1939Second World War

Charles organises the local Home Guard after war breaks out. His wife, Sylvia, and daughter, Pamela, become nurses and Pamela also serves in the Air Transport Auxiliary.

1952-1988Widow's Home

Charles dies and Sylvia marries her second husband Eustace in 1959. Eustace dies in 1970 but Sylvia continues to live at Brodsworth until her death.

1990-1995The Hall Conserved

Pamela inherits and decides to keep the estate but not the hall. It is transferred to English Heritage, who carry out conservation work and open it to the public.

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  5.19 miles from Brodsworth Hall and Gardens
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  8.14 miles from Brodsworth Hall and Gardens
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What's On

Members' Events: Explore the art collection at Brodsworth Hall

Halloween Half-Term at Brodsworth Hall

Spooky Woodland Walk at Brodsworth Hall

Festive Fun at Brodsworth Hall

Father Christmas at Brodsworth Hall

Wreath Making Workshops at Brodsworth Hall

Half Term History Makers at Brodsworth Hall

Guidebook Brodsworth Hall

Brodsworth Hall Timeline

1505Darrells to Dawneys

1715The First Kinnoull

1758Renovations

1791The First Thellusson

1796Infamous Will

1858Legal Resolution

Brand New House

1905Coal Money

1906-13Modernisation

1913-1930sFinancial Pressures

1939Second World War

1952-1988Widow's Home

1990-1995The Hall Conserved

Conisbrough Castle

Monk Bretton Priory

Roche Abbey

Conisbrough Castle

Monk Bretton Priory

Roche Abbey

Gainsborough Old Hall

Bolsover Cundy House

Sutton Scarsdale Hall

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