Wentworth Woodhouse
Wentworth Woodhouse
Thursday 17 August 2017
Wentworth Woodhouse
Wentworth Woodhouse
Thursday 17 August 2017
Wentworth Woodhouse, the largest privately owned house in Europe, is finally awaking from its slumber. Two houses of totally different architectural styles built by The First Marquess of Rockingham between 1725 & 1750, the west front of the house in the Baroque style & the east front in the later Palladian style.
The downward decline of this most grand of family houses began after the second world war when Britain needed rebuilding and there was a national shortage of coal. The Minister of Fuel and Power, Mannie Shinwell, ordered the grounds of Wentworth Woodhouse to be dug up for opencast mining. The Fitzwilliams – or Fitzbillies – fought it vigorously but the government was not to be defeated. The estate grounds were destroyed and the land was ripped up, right to the back of the house – leaving it marooned in the middle of a vast coal mine.
Announced in the Chancellor’s autumn statement: a £7.6m pledge to save what he described as “one of the UK’s most important historic houses”.
Further Details:
Cost per person: £48.00
Booking has now closed for this event.
Lunch: Bring sandwiches. Light refreshments only available in the tearoom
Cost: £48 per person includes, travel and two tours
Departing, Handforth Dean at 8.30 am
Departing Royal Northern College of Music at 9.00am
Members and Guests
Wentworth Woodhouse, the largest privately owned house in Europe, is finally awaking from its slumber. Two houses of totally different architectural styles built by The First Marquess of Rockingham between 1725 & 1750, the west front of the house in the Baroque style & the east front in the later Palladian style.
The downward decline of this most grand of family houses began after the second world war when Britain needed rebuilding and there was a national shortage of coal. The Minister of Fuel and Power, Mannie Shinwell, ordered the grounds of Wentworth Woodhouse to be dug up for opencast mining. The Fitzwilliams – or Fitzbillies – fought it vigorously but the government was not to be defeated. The estate grounds were destroyed and the land was ripped up, right to the back of the house – leaving it marooned in the middle of a vast coal mine.
Announced in the Chancellor’s autumn statement: a £7.6m pledge to save what he described as “one of the UK’s most important historic houses”.
Further Details:
Cost per person: £48.00
Booking has now closed for this event.
Lunch: Bring sandwiches. Light refreshments only available in the tearoom
Cost: £48 per person includes, travel and two tours
Departing, Handforth Dean at 8.30 am
Departing Royal Northern College of Music at 9.00am
Members and Guests
EVENT DATE
AUGUST 17, 2017
COST
£48.00 per person
POSTAL BOOKINGS
Booking Closed
NUMBER OF PLACES
Max. places: 45
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Ms . Muriel . Wilkinson - on 14/05/2017
What is the departure time?
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Ms . Muriel . Wilkinson - on 14/05/2017
What is the departure time?