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Wentworth Woodhouse (Wentworth)Newest Review: ... it is however unlikely that things will have changed very much since this date. The main reception room for the house is called the Marble Saloon, which is accessed via the East Front. This is described as being accessed by a grand staircase. The Marble Room is over 60 foot (20 metre) square and the ceilings are over 40 feet (12 metres) high. Pevsner describes three other rooms in detail, ... more |
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by micksheff - written on 30.10.07 (Very useful, 829 readings)
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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 (180 metres) long this is actually the widest house in England. THE HISTORY Thomas Watson-Wentworth, who later became the Earl of Malton, and then the Marquis of Rockingham, had much of the present day house built. This work began around 1725 although there was a much older ...
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