Woolley

Woolley Hall this afternoon for the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health's Annual Members' Forum.  

Nice food, lovely surroundings, very interesting speakers, CPD points, a catch-up with old friends - not to mention blipping opportunities.

This is the piano room.

Woolley Hall is an example of early Jacobean architecture, and was begun about 1635 and added onto at the turn of the 19th century. It stands in the village of Woolley near the M1 and not too far away from Bretton Sculpture Park.

Michael Wentworth began rebuilding Woolley Hall in 1635. The rebuilt hall consisted of an 'H'-shaped building of moderate size. An east wing was added around 1680 and a western wing during the mid eighteenth century.

After serving the Wentworth family into the 20th century, the hall was a college for a period. It is presently owned by Wakefield Council, who use it as a conference centre.