Weetwood

[1] Weetwood is part of the Leeds Central and Headingley parliamentary constituency, and its MP is Alex Sobel (Labour Party).

[2][3] The main activities of the area were quarrying the sandstone which underlies it and charcoal burning and later iron smelting in bloomery furnaces which occurred from 1240 to 1550.

[4] Following the dissolution of the monasteries, the area went into private hands, notably the Foxcroft family who held it from 1583 until 1741, building a manor house, Weetwood Hall in 1625.

[5] Weetwood Hall is now a hotel and conference centre, which includes a manor house and buildings of the same name dating back to 1625.

[6] The porch is of Classical design, with widely spaced Ionic columns, and the interior has elaborately plastered ceilings.