WENTWORTH, West Riding
The Round House SK 382 981
The Round House was a windmill and was probably built in 1745.
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The Bear Pit SK 391 977
The Bear Pit was designed by Watson and Pritchett in about 1800, re-using a doorway of about 1630 from the old Wentworth estate.
It is built on two levels with an underground chamber and viewing gallery. Over the upper doorway is a plaque that reads:
There is healing in the garden
When one longs for peace and pardon
Once past the gate no need to wait
For god is in the garden.
The bear keeper lived in Lady Rockingham's Tea Room.
Other Bear Pits are at:
LEEDS, West Riding
SHEFFIELD, West Riding
It is built on two levels with an underground chamber and viewing gallery. Over the upper doorway is a plaque that reads:
There is healing in the garden
When one longs for peace and pardon
Once past the gate no need to wait
For god is in the garden.
The bear keeper lived in Lady Rockingham's Tea Room.
Other Bear Pits are at:
LEEDS, West Riding
SHEFFIELD, West Riding
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Countess Maud's Tea House SK 390 978
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Maud Fitzwilliam designed a Japanese garden after her husband inherited the estate in 1903.
The 7th Earl Fitzwilliam had the inscription made on the gate: Come into the garden Maud. |
Doric Lodge SK 389 975
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The lodge to Wentworth House was built in the early 19th century in the manner of a tetrastyle Greek Doric temple, possibly by Pritchett and Watson.
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Duck Houses
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Lodge SK 393 981
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The Mausoleum SK 413 971
The Mausoleum at Wentworth Woodhouse was designed by John Carr and commissioned by the 4th Earl Fitzwilliam in 1888 in memory of his uncle, Charles, the 2nd Marquis of Rockingham. Charles was Prime Minister for the second time when he died in 1782 and was buried in York Minster and not the Mausoleum. In the centre is a life-sized marble statue of Charles, dressed as a Senator of Rome. The walls are lined with niches in which there are busts of eight of his political friends. The statue and busts were by Joseph Nollekens. The entire memorial was completed in 1791 at a cost of £3,208 3s 4d. In 1793, the four 50 feet high obelisks were moved from the garden and placed around the monument.
The Menagerie
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In 1738, Watson-Wentworth recorded that 'the new Menagerie taken in'.
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Wentworth Woodhouse Stables SK 393 978
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The 15 bay stable block at Wentworth Woodhouse was designed by John Carr of York for Charles Wentworth and building started in 1766.
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