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Explore this walking route round the parkland at Wentworth Castle Gardens, Yorkshire, where you will see historic monuments, woodland and deer.
Wentworth renamed the estate Wentworth Castle in 1731. The gardens and parkland were altered and embellished by Wentworth’s son William, the second Earl of Strafford (1722-1791), who was a friend of Horace Walpole and may have been advised by him.
6 days ago · Wentworth Castle Gardens is the perfect place for a family adventure. Explore the gardens - from the turrets of Stainborough Castle to the hiding places in the Union Jack Gardens. Try out our Multisensory or Orienteering Trails, and don't forget to call into the adventure play area before you leave.
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- Entrances and Approaches
- Principal Building
- Gardens and Pleasure Grounds
- Park
- Kitchen Garden
There are a number of entrances, some with lodges. North Lodge (listed grade II) is on Cortworth Lane and a drive leads south-east and south from it to the east front of the house. It is aligned with a route running north through the Needle's Eye (early C18, altered, possibly by Humphry Repton late C18, listed grade II), a folly which lies c 1.5km ...
Wentworth Woodhouse (listed grade I) was built on the site of a medieval hall which had been replaced by a house of 1630 built by the first Earl of Strafford. The present building was erected in two campaigns, with the west front being erected 1725-34, retaining elements of the 1630 house, and the east front, to designs by Henry Flitcroft, in the p...
On the east side of the house there is a paved walkway with sets of stone obelisks at various points along it. Lawns are divided from parkland by a C20 fence. Extensive views over the park include glimpses of the Mausoleum (John Carr 1784-8, listed grade I) c 1.9km to the south-east and the Hoober Stand (Henry Flitcroft 1748, listed grade I), an un...
Extensive areas of parkland lie to the south and east of the house. The park is a mixture of pasture and arable land with scattered trees and areas of woodland. Planting on the north side of the house may represent the remains of avenues shown in Cole's 1728 view and on estate maps of c 1760 and 1778, remnants of which are shown on the 1849 OS map....
The kitchen garden lies c 550m west of the house and consists of a brick-walled enclosure with entrances with stone architraves. The garden is in use as a garden centre (1998) in connection with which there are a number of C20 buildings within it. The 1778 map shows a kitchen garden and gardener's house c 500m to the east of the house. They were re...
- Wentworth Woodhouse, Wentworth
- England, South Yorkshire
- Rotherham
- S62 7SB
In that year he sold to William Wentworth Fitzwilliam Dick, of County Wicklow; in 1871 the estates were purchased by James Henry Deakin, another Manchester merchant, also briefly Member of Parliament for Launceston, as was his son James (1874-1877).
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Turn left into the park and follow the track for 500 yards, past the entrance to the stables, following it round until you reach a view of the huge facade of Wentworth Woodhouse. From here you may wish to explore the parkland, or visit the house itself.
