What is Wentworth Woodhouse famous for?

This is Wentworth Woodhouse. Locally known as 'the House' or 'Wentworth House', this is the largest private home in the UK. The façade – which, in architecture, is the most predominant front facing onto an open space – is the longest of any country home in Europe.



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One of the finest and grandest Georgian houses in England The current Wentworth Woodhouse was built for the 1st Marquess of Rockingham from circa 1725, the work continuing over four decades, and then passed to the Fitzwilliam family.

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Here, the area of Little Germany and the streets around Forster Square were redressed for post-Glasnost scenes. Filming also took place nearby at Wentworth Woodhouse, the home of the Earls Fitzwilliam, recently seen in Downton Abbey and Churchill biopic Darkest Hour.

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Additional Information. Although we have 365 rooms in total, only our State Rooms are available to explore as much of the House is still unsafe for visitors.

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Infuriated, Thomas Wentworth used his skills as a soldier and diplomat to plot revenge. Within a few years he had bought, extended and renamed his own house and estate, just six miles away from Wentworth Woodhouse, at the estate we now know as Wentworth Castle.

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