Bolling Hall Museum

Bolling Hall Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD4 7LP

Tel: 01274 723057

website: www.bradfordmuseums.org.uk

Bolling Hall offers visitors a fascinating journey through the lives and times of the Bradford families for whom it provided a home over five hundred years. Situated just a mile from Bradford city centre and situated in a quiet, leafy garden, Bolling Hall was for many years the seat of two important land-owning families, the Bollings and the Tempests. With parts of the building dating from the Medieval, Bolling Hall is a rambling mixture of styles with every nook and cranny packed with history. During the Civil War the household supported the Royalist cause, and the house provided a stronghold during the 'siege of Bradford'. Rooms are furnished and decorated to give an accurate taste of life at different periods of the house's history, and the fascinating furniture on display includes a superb bed made for Harewood House by Thomas Chippendale.

Bolling Hall has been furnished in keeping with its long and eventful history with a fine collection of period furniture, including a bed made by Thomas Chippendale for Harewood House. Bedrooms are decorated by period, providing a fascinating insight into the lives of wealthy families of the 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries. A central exhibit of the Civil War room is Cromwell's death mask. Spend some time exploring a different side of Bradford's heritage - but watch out for an appearance by the 'White Lady' in the Ghost Room!