history :
Just two generations of one family were responsible for the Wentworth Castle estate for almost a century.
Thomas Wentworth (d 1739)
Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford established a wider landscape of distinctive character. He created a noble seat at the centre of an ornamental landscape, with gardens, radial avenues and spreading woodlands. Scattered across the landscape were monuments, statuary, buildings and garden structures. However, what makes Stainborough unusual is that the ornamental and the productive are so closely interwoven. This combination of the useful and beautiful - a Great Avenue that concluded in arable fields, and vistas that made no attempt to hide productive fields – was an expression of power and prosperity.
William Wentworth (d 1791)
Thomas' son, William, exerted a considerable impact on the park and gardens, over a long period of time. He made enormous changes to the parkland, especially the East Park. William replaced the formal octagon pond with rolling parkland and knolls with closely planted groups of oak and beech, and developed the Serpentine lake and Serpentine drive. Over time, William enhanced the beauty of the landscape with buildings: the palladian bridge over the Serpentine; the Rotunda; and a gothic umbrello amongst others. By the time of William's death, Wentworth Castle was accompanied with gardens and park of profound significance, reflections of which exist today.
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finaly a shot of me and my mom, id taken her here for a day out for her birthday
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