A cow shed in Leeds is being transformed into a brand new café bar, indoor play area, and a shop.
The Temple Newsam spot was built hundreds of years ago and used as a milking parlour to provide clean tuberculin-tested milk to hospitals in Leeds. The building and production systems were state of the art and by the 1940s Shorthorn cows were producing over 70,000 gallons of milk each year.
The council ceased dairy farming in 1968 and after that time the building had various other uses including being a vehicle depot for the council’s parks department and even being home to West Yorkshire Police’s stables in the 1970’s. Over time multiple alterations were made to the building and urgent repairs were conducted to the original fixtures and fittings.
