Standing at over 600ft long, the largest private house in the UK, is twice the length of a standard football pitch, and twice the length of Buckingham Palace. Wentworth Woodhouse, a Grade I listed country house, boasts over 300 rooms and 250,000 square feet of floor space.
Nestled in the village of Wentworth, in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, the grand stately home’s east front facade is 606ft long and is the longest of any country house in Europe – this is longer than 12 double-decker buses parked in a row. Whilst Buckingham Palace is 354ft long across the front. Its floor area is about the same as the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow. Measuring 150 times the size of an average home, with as many rooms as there are days in the year, the mansion makes Buckingham Palace look small in comparison.
The incredible South Yorkshire mansion sits on a 180-acre estate and is surrounded by a larger 15,000-acre estate. Inside, the building boasts marble floors, giant ballrows, hand-painted ceilings and underground tunnels that were once used by servants.
Once hosting politicians, royalty and nobles Wentworth Woodhousehas five miles worth of corridors.
Its stables were the largest and most expensive in England when they were built in 1782, according to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council.
Wentworth Woodhouse was used for ITV’s Victoria period drama, with a section of the stable block doubling as Downing Street.
The large country estate was built over an extended period, with construction beginning around 1725. The original building was once the home of Thomas Wentworth, the 1st Earl of Strafford, who was executed at Tower Hill on the order Charles I in 1641
As the house grew in importance and welcomed royalty and the political elite, the 4th Earl Fitzwilliam altered the two wings by adding a third floor in 1782.
During WW2 it was taken over by the military serving as a training base and headquarters for the Intelligence Corps.
In 2017 the sprawling mansion was bought by Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust for £7m.
Over time the house has sadly slipped into disrepair, however, there is home for the derelict Georgian building as it is currently undergoing one of the biggest renovations in the UK.
It is estimated the multi-million pound restoration will take up to two decades to deliver and will cost over £130 million.
The house is open to the public from Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays.