3-021-386 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Templenewsam, near Leeds, residence of H. C. Meynell Ingram, Esq., visited by the Prince of Wales, 1868. 'His Royal Highness [the future King Edward VII] arrived on the Monday evening at Woodlesford station, five miles from Leeds, and two miles from Templenewsam, the residence of Mr. H. C. Meynell Ingram, whose guest he was to become...Templenewsam is a fine old mansion, of Elizabethan architecture, built of red brick, with stone coigns and mullions. A most curious feature of the exterior is in the carved rails of its open battlements, which are letters, and, running round the three sides formed by the front and wings, read thus: "All glory and praise be given to God the Father, the Son, and Holy Ghost on high; peace upon earth, good will towards men; honour and true allegiance to our gracious King, loving affections among his subjects; health and plenty within this house." The estate of Templenewsam was sold by the Duke of Lennox, kinsman of James I., to Sir Arthur Ingram, in whose family it has since been retained. Early in this century it came to the Marquis of Hertford - who took the name of Ingram before that of Seymour - from Lord Irvine, who represented the Ingram line; and from the Marquis it has come to the present owner'. From "Illustrated London News", 1868.