Certainly one of the best, providing an insight into the greatest architectural masterpieces of past centuries, in which many would never have discovered for themselves if not for this documentary. Shame we will never return to such splendor. All builders and architects care about is quick and cheap buildings to maximise profits. Not much care or love is put into buildings these days!
I stayed there one weekend, I think the council owned it then in the 90s, it was a college course I went on, they had a bar in the cellar, we ate in a huge room on the ground floor, explored the grounds it was wonderful!
Such a fabulous property. The history of this house and it's owners is fascinating. The more you delve into it, the more you want to know. It would make A great tourist attraction with all it's family and, coal mining history. Just imagine the period dramas and films that could be made here A truly historical house, area and family. A must keep place.
Money pit, is something else I can think of to say about it... apparently, unable to sell it to anyone, the state trust was put in charge of it in 2019, and has stated it will cost over 200 million pounds to restore this masterpiece, as the roof has been leaking for decades and the structure itself has been shifting from a sinking foundation.
Deserves to be seen - it’s been on my bucket list for years since l first read about it. This should have been Pemberley in the BBCs Pride and Prejudice - not Lyme Park!
Anyone can go in the house now. There is, of course, an entrance fee for the house and one for the gardens. You don't have to pay to get to the gift shop or cafe which would give you a view of the entrance hall for free! The gardens are huge and one can spend hours exploring them. They are worth seeing. The house and gardens are now owned by a trust and they are gradually being restored. For those unable to walk from the car park there is a golf buggy with driver free of charge. A lot of the people working in the house and gardens are volunteers.
Five minutes from my house :) The old bloke who owned it was hated as far as I know because he denied everyone access to the House, didn't do much to restore it and had Land Rovers following anyone who walked the public land outside it.
This isn't exactly a council house in the middle of town. The question should be, who buys a part of Britain's heritage then closes it off from Britain? A twat.
Adam McLaughlin . That’s not true. I worked next door for 20 years and the owners have been nothing but welcoming. There has been staff parties and parties for locals from all the surrounding villages. The Newbold family were and are very well respected. The house has been open for weddings, wedding fayres, Christmas visits with mulled wine. All you had to do is spend a few minutes to google that before you defamed the Newbold family.
@@adammclaughlin845 Someone who owns private property. Its his home he can do whatever he likes with it. Take your collectivist socialist ideals elsewhere.
I went there today- 9 years later. Big changes are happening. When I first visited 10 years ago (it opened in a limited way before this was filmed) the guide stated that the 'old lady was waking up' now I think she is getting out of bed!
Ive always wondered what the songs are that are playing when he is in the train station heading to wentworth and when he starts talking about the second wentworth in the back.
A stunning house grandeur and ultimately splendid of it's size. The Earl of Stratford its origins. However aristocrats have struggled eversince the great war as society is no longer about the poor serving the super rich but rather a different world where the poor tell the aristocrats where to jump off. On the positive side though not ten thousands of pounds but rather five houdred thousands of pounds imagine the mould the debris the dust a place like this you'd need to be a billionaire to afford here.
They could hire it out as a film set for period costume dramas, etc. This would bring in much needed repair and renovation funds. Weddings would also be another source of income, but it should really be open to the public.
It is open to the public now. It's been owned by a private trust for a few years - they're working on a massive restoration project, and hopefully public visits and events are helping with that process.
I've been today- they have two cafes now. One for the poor and one for the richer who want to waste their money on afternoon tea! The gardens are well worth a walk though!@@MarkWaller2
Maybe it can be restored to be a place to tour, private school, museum or fine art gallery. It serves no purpose being a family home. It'll bleed any persons pockets dry
Apparently, unable to sell it to anyone, the state trust was put in charge of it in 2019, and has stated it will cost over 200 million pounds to restore this masterpiece, as the roof has been leaking for decades and the structure itself has been shifting from a sinking foundation... money pit anyone.
Hi, does anyone know where to find old floor plans in clear writing like the ones in the video? I have been able to find some plans, but the text has been way too pixelated to actually understand them. I would really like to rebuild this house in my Minecraft world, but I need to know what the rooms are for to actually use and build them. Thank you in advance!
I grew up not far from this house it’s 2 fields away from my parents house.. Spent most of my youth at the Dams on the land and on Sunday mornings when it was Lady Mabel College we used to snuck into the swimming pool at the back ..miss it miss my youth
He got it on the cheap from Rotherham Council and then tried to claim money for structural damages from the National Coal Board. They wouldn't give him any so it had to be sold to a historic trust.
Certainly a very grand old building. Must be cold since it does not have central heating, just fireplaces. Personally I would not want to live in such a cavernous building. Its role now could be nothing except tours for the public since it cannot be renovated into smaller units with modern facilities like bath rooms and central heating.
This place was not built for one man to live in a hole army of servants and other family members lived here on a permanent bases. Many of the rooms are servants quarters or rooms that the servants used to do their work. School room, Chapel, Barber shop, making candles, kitchen, many rooms for storage. They had over 100 servants not including grooms & gardners who lived over the stable block. Plus they had many guests and family who stayed for extended periods of time. This place was like a high priced hotel but all the guests stayed for free. The owners the Fitzwilliams like all the rich nobility only lived in a very small part of the house and only ever used the grand rooms to impress & entertain their guests. Many wealthy American woman who married into the British nobility were shocked at the conditions cold, damp, dark, a dreary life in some far away corner of Britain longing for the glitter & glammer of London, New York or Paris. I would love it but for many it was boring as hell.
I wonder how many poor people those men ever helped with their millions. Probably zero. Yes, they employed some, working them 14 hours a day/6 days a week, treated them like dirt.
Very likely were involved in the triangle slave trade. The royal governors of New Hampshire up until the American Revolution were Wentworth political players and merchants. Charleston, South Carolina and North Carolina connections too, etc.
Hello? What ever was “the purpose” of having 365 rooms?!! Have many thousands of impoverished starving families could have been well-fed with the money spent on a ridiculously gigantic “home.”?
The Fitzwilliam family only lived in a small part of the house. Many of the rooms housed the staff & used for specific purposes. The barber, the doctor, school room, kitchen.
The greatest documentary to ever air on British television. A masterpiece.
Certainly one of the best, providing an insight into the greatest architectural masterpieces of past centuries, in which many would never have discovered for themselves if not for this documentary. Shame we will never return to such splendor. All builders and architects care about is quick and cheap buildings to maximise profits. Not much care or love is put into buildings these days!
Desafio
@josephhill2868 it's call BOAT LOADS of money!
Somewhat agreeable
I stayed there one weekend, I think the council owned it then in the 90s, it was a college course I went on, they had a bar in the cellar, we ate in a huge room on the ground floor, explored the grounds it was wonderful!
My favourite episode of this Country House series. Excellent. Interesting and entertaining. The grand hall in Wentworth is a masterpiece.
I'm finally visiting today after all these years! 6 years in fact after j first watched this video and fell in love with such buildings.
How was the visit?
How was it 😊
God bless this wonderful series. I often re visit once every few months with a whisky or cognac in hand. Most relaxing I dare say good gentleman.
How ironic a mine shaft may undo 200 years of a Wentworth estate, when mining was the primary source of income to maintain the estate.
Such a fabulous property. The history of this house and it's owners is fascinating. The more you delve into it, the more you want to know. It would make
A great tourist attraction with all it's family and, coal mining history. Just imagine the period dramas and films that could be made here
A truly historical house, area and family. A must keep place.
ABSOLUTELLY STUNNING -- that's all you can say about it...
Money pit, is something else I can think of to say about it... apparently, unable to sell it to anyone, the state trust was put in charge of it in 2019, and has stated it will cost over 200 million pounds to restore this masterpiece, as the roof has been leaking for decades and the structure itself has been shifting from a sinking foundation.
@@iam1ina1000000 Some things are worth saving.
I love the snow and the music :)
Deserves to be seen - it’s been on my bucket list for years since l first read about it. This should have been Pemberley in the BBCs Pride and Prejudice - not Lyme Park!
No not when on 10,000 a year. This guy would have been on a whopping yearly state.
biggest house in Britain amazingly beautiful and an interesting family story too
Such stunning architecture 😍
Beautiful it deserves some tlc
Wonderful!
Anyone can go in the house now. There is, of course, an entrance fee for the house and one for the gardens. You don't have to pay to get to the gift shop or cafe which would give you a view of the entrance hall for free! The gardens are huge and one can spend hours exploring them. They are worth seeing. The house and gardens are now owned by a trust and they are gradually being restored. For those unable to walk from the car park there is a golf buggy with driver free of charge.
A lot of the people working in the house and gardens are volunteers.
Five minutes from my house :) The old bloke who owned it was hated as far as I know because he denied everyone access to the House, didn't do much to restore it and had Land Rovers following anyone who walked the public land outside it.
This isn't exactly a council house in the middle of town. The question should be, who buys a part of Britain's heritage then closes it off from Britain? A twat.
Adam McLaughlin You are quite right Adam.
Adam McLaughlin . That’s not true. I worked next door for 20 years and the owners have been nothing but welcoming. There has been staff parties and parties for locals from all the surrounding villages. The Newbold family were and are very well respected. The house has been open for weddings, wedding fayres, Christmas visits with mulled wine. All you had to do is spend a few minutes to google that before you defamed the Newbold family.
Adam McLaughlin Oh I lived a two minute walk from the main house and been welcomed in it for a brew many a time
@@adammclaughlin845 Someone who owns private property. Its his home he can do whatever he likes with it. Take your collectivist socialist ideals elsewhere.
❤️it !
Great work , Dan !
Just the kind of place we've been looking for. lol
Thank You…I enjoyed this greatly…
My favorite country house.
outstanding
So beautiful
I went there today- 9 years later. Big changes are happening. When I first visited 10 years ago (it opened in a limited way before this was filmed) the guide stated that the 'old lady was waking up' now I think she is getting out of bed!
I would have loved to have been a student at Lady Mabel College in 1960.I had the ability but came from a mining community. We were poor.
hey, mining did go on at wentworth woodhouse :D
That’s a shame !!!! you couldn’t get a scholarship ?
yes they were colliery owners as well. I used to go there for PE lessons from a local school. Great fun!@@kets4443
Heavenly history....
Good thing that old man spent hundreds of thousands. That is about what the Windex and Pledge supply would cost for this place
Ive always wondered what the songs are that are playing when he is in the train station heading to wentworth and when he starts talking about the second wentworth in the back.
I love the house.
This place is georgous. If they ever put this on the market i would love to live in a place like this with my family.
it went on the market in 2014 and was bought by a private trust
Wow.
I could live there. I really could.
10:13. Whistlejacket... now at the National Gallery
what a lovely house and What is that music from 8.55
Rupert Pope - Wax Lyrical
that piano from 9mins to 10mins30, just beautifull, , , , oh what is that tune??
Nice inside the house
It's a Great place
Anyone any idea what the music is when Mr Cruickshank drives to the house? Thanks!!!
Wow the start snow classic mega mansion of england
A stunning house grandeur and ultimately splendid of it's size. The Earl of Stratford its origins. However aristocrats have struggled eversince the great war as society is no longer about the poor serving the super rich but rather a different world where the poor tell the aristocrats where to jump off. On the positive side though not ten thousands of pounds but rather five houdred thousands of pounds imagine the mould the debris the dust a place like this you'd need to be a billionaire to afford here.
The music for the first few minutes in so moving. I wonder what it is. It sounds like a treble (a boy soprano), but I'm not sure. Anyone know?
I think it’s a male counter tenor but originally written for a male castrati.
They could hire it out as a film set for period costume dramas, etc. This would bring in much needed repair and renovation funds. Weddings would also be another source of income, but it should really be open to the public.
It is open to the public now. It's been owned by a private trust for a few years - they're working on a massive restoration project, and hopefully public visits and events are helping with that process.
I've been today- they have two cafes now. One for the poor and one for the richer who want to waste their money on afternoon tea! The gardens are well worth a walk though!@@MarkWaller2
I live 2 mins away from it
For sale for 7 mil but has a 42 mil repair bill waiting
Maybe it can be restored to be a place to tour, private school, museum or fine art gallery. It serves no purpose being a family home. It'll bleed any persons pockets dry
The National Trust could buy it.
+Louis James maybe we can get married and buy it
It's been bought for £7 million. National Trust plan to run gardens and rest will be a hotel, museum, offices and holiday cottages.
Apparently, unable to sell it to anyone, the state trust was put in charge of it in 2019, and has stated it will cost over 200 million pounds to restore this masterpiece, as the roof has been leaking for decades and the structure itself has been shifting from a sinking foundation... money pit anyone.
Hi, does anyone know where to find old floor plans in clear writing like the ones in the video? I have been able to find some plans, but the text has been way too pixelated to actually understand them. I would really like to rebuild this house in my Minecraft world, but I need to know what the rooms are for to actually use and build them. Thank you in advance!
Wow- good luck with that!
I grew up not far from this house it’s 2 fields away from my parents house..
Spent most of my youth at the Dams on the land and on Sunday mornings when it was Lady Mabel College we used to snuck into the swimming pool at the back ..miss it miss my youth
good to see you Dan,
papa is the man with enigmatic patterns from mesopotamia did you notice?
Ali
Wow and sad 😢!!!
This place could use a good restoration on the outside
A simple pressure washer would do wonders
Most Haunted have been here and only last week they visited the stables and "caught" their first on screen ghost apparently
Most haunted is drivel pure and very simple
I’ve been there at night and never seen anything ever
Could anyone please tell me what is the music at 4:03?
Legend has it ,That's david cruickshank singing in the background
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Retired architects must be better off than i had thought they were
He got it on the cheap from Rotherham Council and then tried to claim money for structural damages from the National Coal Board. They wouldn't give him any so it had to be sold to a historic trust.
You find ME.
I so want to live there :)
netoscollectibles phatt ke haath mein aa jaegi.
Such a beautiful albeit grandiose & opulent place... All while millions are destitute, poor & homeless though....
irrelevant. Rich are rich, not because poor are poor
@@laius6047 Hmmmm. Sometimes that's just not true.
This is so sad 😢 why don't they take it down to apartments 😕 such great waste 😢
Certainly a very grand old building. Must be cold since it does not have central heating, just fireplaces. Personally I would not want to live in such a cavernous building. Its role now could be nothing except tours for the public since it cannot be renovated into smaller units with modern facilities like bath rooms and central heating.
Why did anyone, any individual, think he needed 365 rooms to live in?
This place was not built for one man to live in a hole army of servants and other family members lived here on a permanent bases. Many of the rooms are servants quarters or rooms that the servants used to do their work. School room, Chapel, Barber shop, making candles, kitchen, many rooms for storage. They had over 100 servants not including grooms & gardners who lived over the stable block. Plus they had many guests and family who stayed for extended periods of time. This place was like a high priced hotel but all the guests stayed for free. The owners the Fitzwilliams like all the rich nobility only lived in a very small part of the house and only ever used the grand rooms to impress & entertain their guests. Many wealthy American woman who married into the British nobility were shocked at the conditions cold, damp, dark, a dreary life in some far away corner of Britain longing for the glitter & glammer of London, New York or Paris. I would love it but for many it was boring as hell.
@Muad'Dib Thank you 🙂
وینٹ و رتھ وڈ ہاوس
لنڈن میں ہے ۔۔۔۔ کیا یہ معلومات درست ہیں
I wantnthis place soooooooooo bad
This host guy is the epitome of English "stuffiness" and insisted upon self importance. Gotta love it
Reminds me of an abandoned sanitarium. It creeps me out.
Well, creep off then!
It isn't abandoned but full of life and people now!
Why are you whispering?
Why is he whispering???
I wondered the same.
Why is this man whispering?
Yes he is and its very odd
because a lot of those big rooms eco and its hard for the film crew to pick up
4:14 lol dem british
So how is it that every other presenter manages to go round these types of buildings and still speak like ordinary confident human beings...?
He behaves like a craven, beholden peasant in the face of his lords and masters. I simply cannot bear this man's grovelling awestruck demeanour.
hyperbole much? do angels live there? I can hear them singing.
Nothing to see at 7min
I wonder how many poor people those men ever helped with their millions. Probably zero. Yes, they employed some, working them 14 hours a day/6 days a week, treated them like dirt.
@Muad'Dib Time doesn't change men's hearts. It was still wrong, Sherlock.
@Muad'Dib You come across as a shitty mean-spirited person who I have no wish to correspond with.
Very likely were involved in the triangle slave trade. The royal governors of New Hampshire up until the American Revolution were Wentworth political players and merchants. Charleston, South Carolina and North Carolina connections too, etc.
The family was very much loved.
SO old fuddy duddy and dusty ...
They should all be nationalized
Yes, that would work!
well, all a copy from Italy isn t it?
Hello? What ever was “the purpose” of having 365 rooms?!! Have many thousands of impoverished starving families could have been well-fed with the money spent on a ridiculously gigantic “home.”?
The Fitzwilliam family only lived in a small part of the house. Many of the rooms housed the staff & used for specific purposes. The barber, the doctor, school room, kitchen.