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5 unusual facts about Bretton Hall


Bretton Hall

Bretton Hall College, former teacher-training college in West Yorkshire, England

Bretton Hall, Flintshire, former fortified manor house on the England/Wales border

Bretton Hall, Flintshire

Bretton Hall is located on the border of England and Wales close to the village of Bretton, Flintshire, Wales.

Bretton Hall, West Yorkshire

The pleasure grounds and parkland around the hall were the work of landscape gardeners Richard Woods in the 18th century and Robert Marnock, the estate's head gardener, in the 1820s and 1830s.

Richard Rijnvos

In 1994 he took part in the International Course for Professional Choreographers and Composers at Bretton Hall (Wakefield, UK).


George Basevi

Other work included the stables at Bretton Hall in Yorkshire, Bywell Bridge in Northumberland, the Entrance Hall and Dining Room at Painswick House for his brother-in-law William Henry Hyett, and the remodelling of Gatcombe Park for the economist David Ricardo.


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