The gardens around Temple Newsam House itself are a mix of period representation with the aspect to the North presenting an open grassed view towards Colton and Whitkirk Church, incorporating an amphitheatre adjacent to the courtyard. To the east a grassed area falls away from the house, forming a wide vista leading up to the main avenue, Temple and ponds, although the ponds are not visible from the house. Grouped copses of trees appear to the southerly side, typical of the landscape style of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown.

The Courtyard to the house faces east, incorporating a modest grass square and gravelled surround. The south garden represents a much more formal presentation, incorporating trained and clipped features including Laburnum arches, pleached Hornbeam, Beech, Yew and Box hedging. Small intricate beds of roses edged with box provide a loose representation of its style during the mid 1800s although the hedges and trained features obscure what would have been an open view to the South of Leeds. To the west of the house the restoration of an open lawn was completed during the recent restoration works(2002), retaining the Yew hedging planted in the mid 1980s.

Rhododendron Walk

Lakeside Gardens

Walled Garden

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