Advantages: A great day out for free Disadvantages: The house is not open to the public
...at the picture above of Wentworth Woodhouse. . I lived there! But more about that later....... First of all I will share a little information about this fabulous building. Wentworth Woodhouse is one of Britain's biggest stately homes covering 2.5 acres in the village of Wentworth near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It is just 6 miles north of Sheffield. It is set in an impressive 150 acre estate. Now for some amazing statistics! The building ... ...to their rooms! Wentworth Woodhouse was built around 1725- 1735 and incorporates parts of an earlier 17th century manor house. It is basically two houses joined back to back. There is the East Front to it which we see in the picture and a West Front. The Western house is the older of the two. It is less formal than the East Front and is constructed of brick with baroque stone facings. Thomas Watson-Wentworth, who later became the Earl of Malton and ...
Krazikas 17.05.2009
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Advantages: Free Access, Lots Of Open Space Disadvantages: Can Get Popular At Busy Times
The Wentworth Woodhouse Estate lies just a few miles from where I live in South Yorkshire and it is surely one of the finest examples of a Grand Country House and Estate in England. Sadly the House itself is privately owned and strictly out of bounds to the general public but the Grounds themselves are open and these offer superb views of the House, which at over 600 feet long this is actually the widest House in England.
THE HISTORY
Thomas Watson-Wentworth, ... ...had recently rebuilt the nearby Wentworth Castle. There had been a long Family feud between the Stainborough branch of the Wentworth Family from the Castle, and Thomas's side of the Family. Today Wentworth Castle is clearly visible from the M1 Motorway, just West of Barnsley.
By 1782 the present occupiers must have needed even more space and an extra storey was added to each of the East Front wings, to give extra bedrooms. There were no further ...
micksheff 27.09.2006
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