The New Castle, a section of Leeds reconstructed in 1822, includes a pine-paneled sitting room, a dining room, and twenty-one luxuriously appointed bedrooms available to visitors attending conferences and events at the castle. Perhaps one of the loveliest rooms in the New Castle is the library. Once used as a schoolroom for Lady Baillie’s daughters, as well as a dining room, the shelves are filled with volumes from the libraries of both Lady Baillie and her father. In the 1930s, the castle was known as one of the great homes of England, where Lady Baillie played hostess to politicians, film stars, ambassadors, and foreign royalty.
