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My favourite photo of the moment
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Harewood Church The Church lies in the grounds of Harewood House and was built in its current form around 1410, although there is evidence to suggest an earlier one was built around the 12th century. There is a lot of history about the church and the past owners but what is most interesting is the Mediaeval Monuments. Its a unique collection and the largest in a Parish church. The Monuments are made from Alabaster a kind of Gypsum, its easily worked, is very smooth and it can be made to offer lots of detail too. The church is unused for worship, its now looked after by The Churches Conservation Trust who had the Monuments dismantled and cleaned in 1979-81. I have enclosed a photo taken in the church with each set of Monuments explaining who they are for. The Church is open for visiting at the same visiting times as Harewood House grounds. I found that in the past they used an underground entrance to the Church grounds very unusual, the whole of the Churchyard is walled except for a 5 Bar gate at one end, the underground way is obviously a shortcut and maybe was for the residents of the main house in past times? Visitors do go in through the Church door and back out of another one to get into the churchyard, the underground entrance cant be used nowadays. Links to the Monuments. Monuments 1 Monuments 2 Monuments 3 Monuments 4 Monuments 5 Monuments 6
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