Farnley Hall (North Yorkshire)

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This article discusses Farnley Hall in Farnley, North Yorkshire (near Otley).

See also Farnley Hall in (Old) Farnley, West Yorkshire (near Leeds).

Farnley Hall is a stately home in Farnley, North Yorkshire, England. It is located near Otley and was built in the 1780s by John Carr, who also designed Harewood House.

The property was owned by Walter Fawkes MP^[1] (1769-1825), and a regular visitor was the Victorian artist and philosopher John Ruskin, who was taken with the enormous collection of paintings by J.M.W. Turner, a friend of the owner. A selection of Turner's works from the Farnley Hall collection were sold in 1890 for £25,000.^[2].

Its owner (as of 2000), Nicholas Horton-Fawkes, was elected President of the Turner Society.^{[citation needed]} Guy Fawkes was related to the Fawkes of Farnley.^[3]

[edit] References

1. ^ National Archives
2. ^ The Washburn by Tom Bradley (published 1895, reprinted 1988)
3. ^ britannia.com