page_title: Roundhay
section_title: Mansion House and large houses
hierarchical_section_title: Roundhay / Mansion House and large houses
caption_attribution_description: English: The Mansion, Roundhay Park, Leeds 1815, viewed from the park. three-quarter view
context_page_description: Roundhay is a large suburb in north east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Roundhay had a population of 22,546 in 2011.
  It sits in the Roundhay ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds North East parliamentary constituency.
context_section_description: In 1811, John Clarke (died 1857) of York, architect of the Commercial Buildings in Leeds city centre, was commissioned by Thomas Nicholson to design the Mansion House. It was built in ashlar stone in  classical  Georgian style; of two storeys with seven bays, the centre three set behind an iron portico. It was one of Clarke's early works. For  a  country house, it  is of modest size, but elevated to command views southwards over the park, and provides a focal point to Thomas Nicholson's designed park landscape. Thomas's son, Stephen Nicholson Esq., inherited the house and became the Lord of the Manor of Roundhay. Roundhay township's 1467 acres  were recorded in 1842 as being  "mostly [Stephen's] property".
  The Mansion House stood empty for many years after the departure of catering firm, Gilpin's. Events and catering company 'Dine' was appointed by Leeds City Council to run the Mansion, and in 2009, after refurbishment and gaining a civil ceremony licence, the Mansion re-opened to the public. The venue contains a restaurant and cafe, and hosts private functions.
  From the early  1800s, a number of farming  estates  with large houses were built in Roundhay and some houses are now grade II listed; The Mansion at Roundhay Park (c. 1811), Elmete Hall (1865) and Beechwood (c. 1820). In 1873, architect George Corson won a competition to design a number of substantial villas along Park Avenue, "the jewel in Leed's crown", and West Avenue on the fringe of Roundhay Park. The villas were built on plots of an acre or more with separate coach houses, stables and servants' quarters at the back so as not to be seen from the park. Woodlands Hall (known originally as Roundhay Mount and later as Carr Head), Parc Mont and several other mansions along Park Avenue are architecturally significant.
caption: The Mansion House viewed from the park; in 1842, the estate's landholdings were well over 1000 acres[13]
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