The Leasowes

For the area on the north coast of the Wirral Peninsula, see Leasowe.

The view from the ruined Halesowen Priory towards The Leasowes (on the crest of the hill on the right). It shows the house as it was during the lifetime of William Shenstone.

The Leasowes /ˈlɛzəz/ is a 57-hectare (around 141 acre) estate in Halesowen, historically in the county of Shropshire, later (from 1844) Worcestershire, England, comprising house and gardens. The parkland is now listed Grade I on English Heritage's Register of Parks and Gardens and the home of the Halesowen Golf Club.[1] The name means "rough pasture land".[2][a]

  1. ^ HGC staff 2013.
  2. ^ Merriam-Webster.


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