{"id":2810,"date":"2017-08-13T17:03:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T17:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=2810"},"modified":"2023-09-30T17:02:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T17:02:18","slug":"wentworth-woodhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=2810","title":{"rendered":"Wentworth Woodhouse, S. Yorkshire"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"South<\/a>
So big I had to photograph it twice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Privately Owned<\/em>
\nThe Baroque western range of Wentworth Woodhouse was begun in 1725 for Thomas Watson Wentworth. However before this was finished, a new East Front, in fact an new house facing the other way, was commissioned. The house is said to be the largest private house in England and to have the longest frontage in Europe.
\nFor many years, 1949-1979, the east front was leased to West Riding County Council and housed the Lady Mabel College of Physical Education.
\nAfter several changes of ownership and attempts at preservation, the house was acquired in 2017 by the Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust for \u00a37 million. The Treasury has promised \u00a37.6 million for subsidence repairs, but millions more are claimed to be needed.<\/p>\n

I went to Wentworth Woodhouse on a tour organised by JustGo Holidays. We had guided tours of the state rooms of the central East block on two floors. IIRC we saw the Pillared Hall, rooms through to the Low Dining Room, then up to Chapel, and other east front rooms including the Marble saloon and grand staircase. The rooms are in quite good condition and some are fully redecorated. The whole house consists of several blocks -the long east front, the west front and a service block behind the north end of the east front. More of a housing estate than a house, it has around 350 rooms and 150 times the floor area of the average British house. There are no gardens on the east side. The west side, where the owners lived, and the gardens are accessible on some of the tours, according to the WW website.
\nWe were not permitted to photograph the interior, but some pictures and floor plans can be found online.
\nThe land to the west and south was dug up by open-cast coal mining to within yards of the house in the 1940’s. An example of class warfare conducted by energy minister Manny Shinwell.
\nSeveral monuments and a grand stable block exist in the lands around the house.
\nAccording to the WW website (2023), the gardens etc and the house can both be visited. <\/p>\n

\"East<\/a>
East Front, north end<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Centre<\/a>
Centre block<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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