Wentworth Woodhouse CEO awarded an OBE
As part of the King’s Birthday Honours, the CEO of Wentworth Woodhouse, Sarah McLeod, was awarded an OBE for services to the heritage sector. Sarah, who joined Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust as CEO in May 2017, has been pivotal in steering arguably the UK’s greatest heritage restoration challenge of a...
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...
Aroundtown Meets the Wentworth Woodhouse garden team
We meet the Wentworth Woodhouse gardening team, a group of volunteers who give their time to nurturing the stately home’s gardens all year round.
Lady Mabel College: Cloaked in History
To celebrate 70 years since Wentworth Woodhouse opened its doors to the students of Lady Mabel College, textile artist, Gemma Nemer, is launching a contemporary community arts project.
Ladies of the Manor
It’s been the domestic dwelling of many Members of Parliament, a couple of Prime Ministers and even a former Lord Mayor of Sheffield. But amidst the aristocratic wealth predominantly associated with the UK’s largest private residence, the rooms within Wentworth Woodhouse were also once the not-so-humble abode of hundreds of...
