 After his death at Seacroft Hall in 1936, his nephew sold the family estate to Leeds Corporation one year later.The hall was demolished in 1953, and its ornamental lake was filled in to make way for Parklands Girls' High School.Templar Villas, a cluster of semi-detached Victorian houses, was built on Templar Lane/Barwick Road before 1893, and a row of large houses was built on Templar Lane before 1908.