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Situated at the rear of the house, the chapel, was built around 1760 by James Paine for George Fox Lane in the local
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Standing in the Black Fen pleasure ground, the Ionic Temple was probably built in the mid 18th century by James Paine for George Lane Fox. It is constructed of sandstone ashlar in the form of a circular Ionic temple on a 3-step podium with a colonnade of 16 unfluted Ionic columns supporting an
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ashlar with stone slate roofs in a classical style, is built to a linear plan with a main range linked by colonnades to flanking pavilions. The main block is of three storeys with a raised forecourt. The house is surrounded by a 500 acres (200 ha) landscaped park ornamented by a series of
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in about 1908. George became 1st Baron
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and thus "giving supremacy to York" by the mid-century. Races continued to be held at
Bramham into the late 19th century. The Bramham Moor Hunt remained popular well into the late 20th century and exists as the Badsworth and Bramham Moor Hunt.
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complicate the design, while the two colonnades are not quite long enough to give the flanking wings the independence from the main house to allow their design to be fully appreciated.
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