A look inside Britain's biggest private country residence
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- Опубліковано 9 лис 2018
- It is a year since the Wentworth Woodhouse (interior pictured bottom ), hidden in the South Yorkshire countryside just outside Rotherham, was bought by the Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust for £7 million. This modest purchase price - the cost of a flat in parts of central London - is just the beginning of a mammoth investment needed by the trust as it works to reverse decades of decay. Trust chief executive Sarah McLeod believes that the total bill could be between £150 and £200 million. This is because the task she faces is epic. Wentworth Woodhouse's 606ft facade (pictured centre) is wider than Buckingham Palace - a building it stood in for during the filming of Oscar-nominated movie Darkest Hour - and its floor area is about the same as the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow.
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From someone who lives 20 mins away from this house. It’s honestly amazing to see In person. I went inside before covid and had a look in the reception area and it’s such a vast open space. They now have finished the roof work I believe
When it takes a year to sleep in every room
And here I am adding water to my shampoo bottle to make it last longer
You could have part of it for public visits, another part for hotel, and yet another for large events rental. Can you imagine a wedding in that location? Would be amazing.
“4 acres of roof”
She’s not saying “watering rust” 😂 she’s saying “water INGRESS” 😂 = seeping of water/leaks!!!!
When you've got so many rooms it has to be "reputed" ... By the time you reach the last room you've lost count 😂
things like this need preserving, not many places in the world have buildings like that, also, in 100-200 years time there is no modern building that is going to be worth preserving if its still standing
I disagree with those who feel that because of issues such as slavery, imperialism, colonialism etc, national monuments should not be preserved or maintained. National monuments represent so much more to both the local and national communities than that. For instance take the Great Wall of China as an example. Tens, if not hundreds of thousands of peasant slaves died directly during it's construction. It was meant to protect Chinese imperialism and secure their colonial acquisitions on their western border, and yet you never hear loud voices of protest in the media saying it should not be preserved or maintained because of those reasons. The fact is that the Great Wall of China means so much more than just the often ugly politics of that time period to the Chinese people and nation. The same can be said of historic British monuments. This magnificent building was the center of the local community and a place where thousands met, worked, and played over centuries. It must therefore be protected and preserved as an integral part of our national heritage. And as such, like the Great Wall of China, it rises above the less than perfect era and people that originally created it.
What an amazing monument to the skilled workers who made this building possible in the first place. Think of the training opportunities and skilled jobs it will require to restore such a building.
This should be preserved and turn into a hotel with museums. Let people have a taste of living in such fine building. Im sure people won’t mind paying for such beautiful place.
I recall how an Italian aristocrat (in a book called The Leopard) explains what's the difference between a palace and a mere mansion. If live there and you've been to every single room, it's just a mansion....
Benjamin Franklin was a guest of the owner back in 1771...
My favorite English country house. 100 years ago it was the home of the 7th earl Fitzwilliam & his family.
The only way is to find a commercial activity to make money
This house is of great historical importance. The Wentworth family who lived there previously looked after there staff very well.
Very beautiful! The history of the land and the building and the people who have lived there must be very interesting.
A CEO can just buy that mansion and make it his Home/Head Quarters/Hotel and Country Club at the same time.
Magnificent and beautiful! Pure perfection and elegance! 🙏
That lady who’s talking was at my aunties wedding 3 days ago