Sammezzano Castle: A Moorish MasterpieceThis spectacular castle has a rectangular floor plan and is spread over three floors and a basement. The castle has 365 rooms, one for every day of the year and no two rooms are the same.
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Opening TimesTuesday to Sunday: 10.00am-5.00pm Last Admission: 4.15pm Please note, we are cashless and only accept card payments.
The Preservation Trust offers guided tours of the house and gardens. While not all the rooms are open, the tours help to tell the story of this great estate.
It has the longest façade of any country home in Europe at over 600 feet in length. It is more than twice the length of Buckingham Palace; the physical footprint of the house is enormous!
The house is now owned by the Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust whose sole purpose is regeneration of the site for the benefit of South Yorkshire. The house is now open to the public, Tuesday to Sunday, for morning tours, afternoon free-flow exploration and events.
Lack of visitor numbers is being blamed for the decision to close the historic site near Barnsley despite more than £20m worth of investment in the last 15 years to restore its fortunes following decades of neglect. Wentworth Castle Gardeners pictured here in the late 1890s.