It is currently owned by the Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust.
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The Trust bought the house in 2017 for £7 million after a five-year campaign led by Rotherham businesswoman Dame Julie Kenny DBE DL and SAVE and embarked on a programme of mixed-use regeneration which will take up to two decades to deliver and will cost over £130 million.
Entry to Wentworth Castle Gardens is £5.00 for adults and £2.50 for children, but free for National Trust members. Check our special offer on National Trust membership. We have reviewed several other properties under Historic Houses and National Trust.
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.
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.
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.