Wentworth Woodhouse Stables: From horses to catering courses
If you’ve walked or driven down the drive to Wentworth Woodhouse lately, you may have noticed that the entrance to the historic stable block is all boarded up. Well, that’s because a £5.1 million restoration project has commenced to bring the derelict Georgian stables back to life. After spending six...
Costume and drama at Wentworth Woodhouse? Corset is!
If you love period dramas, then you won’t want to miss the latest exhibition coming to Wentworth Woodhouse this autumn. On Location will include a collection of 24 historically inspired costumes that were worn by actors in popular films and TV shows that have been filmed at Wentworth Woodhouse. From...
Perry exciting exhibition at Wentworth Woodhouse
This summer, Wentworth Woodhouse welcomes an exhibition by one of the UK’s best-known artists, Turner-Prize winning Sir Grayson Perry. The Vanity of Small Differences is a series of six large and exuberant tapestries inspired by 18th century painter William Hogarth’s A Rake’s Progress. Grayson created the tapestries after his 2012...
A WONDERful event returns to Wentworth Woodhouse
This August Bank Holiday, the gardens at Wentworth Woodhouse will be a riot of colour and fabric as WE Wonder returns for 2023. Inspired by the Arts Council Collection exhibition, The Vanity of Small Differences by Grayson Perry, this year’s WE Wonder event will see four huge textile structures, immersive...
The Argonauts have arrived at Wentworth Woodhouse
Just like his latest exhibition’s namesake myth, Jason Wilsher-Mills’ journey to becoming an acclaimed artist is a heroic adventure of epic proportions. Aged 11, Jason caught chickenpox that caused his white blood cells to attack his central nervous system, paralysing him from the neck down. But his recovery surpassed doctors’...
Dame Julie Kenny launches Master Cutler’s Challenge
Big-hearted South Yorkshire businesses are being urged to back a charity challenge set by the second woman in almost 400 years to lead the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire. Dame Julie Kenny DBE DL, who was appointed to the prestigious role in October, has launched her Master Cutler’s Challenge and...
John Carr’s legacy carries on 300 years later
This year marks 300 years since the birth of John Carr of York, one of the north’s finest architects from the 18th century. Three centuries on, his legacy remains in the extensive portfolio of public and private buildings he designed that have shaped the architectural heritage of the north of...
Camellia House renovation brings positivi-tea to Wentworth Woodhouse
With plans to reopen the Camellia House at Wentworth Woodhouse as a tea room, we take a look at the £5 million restoration of this historic building.
Memories of Wentworth Woodhouse pool come flooding in
Do you have any memories of the pool at Wentworth Woodhouse? Following its demolition, we look back at the 1970s pool and the people who used it.
Casting a new light on Wentworth Woodhouse
Almost 180 years after they were first installed, the towering lamp standards will illuminate Wentworth Woodhouse’s historic front once again thanks to the work of three local businesses.
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