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OAKWORTH, West Riding

 Holden Hall Portico                                    SE 034 389

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  Only the portico remain of a mansion built for Sir Isaac   Holden   (1807-97), inventor and mill owner. The portico   is  now one of the   features, along with grottoes, in a   public park. 

Rustic Summerhouse                ​                    SE 034 389

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  The rustic summerhouse is in what was Sir Isaac     Holden's garden.

Grottoes                                                            ​SE 034 389

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  The grottoes, in what was Sir Isaac Holden's Garden,   were constructed between 1864 and 1874 by the Paris   firm of Aucante, using iron-reinforced concrete known as   the 'Systeme Monier'. 

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Mock Fossil Tree  ​                                             SE 034 389

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