Château de Wentworth

Le château de Wentworth est une maison de campagne classée au grade I, l'ancien siège des comtes de Strafford, à Stainborough, près de Barnsley dans le Yorkshire du Sud, en Angleterre. Il abrite maintenant le Northern College for Residential and Community Education. Une maison plus ancienne existe sur le domaine, alors appelée Stainborough, lorsqu'elle est achetée par Thomas Wentworth, baron Raby (plus tard comte de Strafford), en 1708. Elle s'appelle encore Stainborough dans la vue à vol d'oiseau gravée de Johannes Kip sur les parterres et les avenues, 1714, et dans la première édition de Vitruvius Britannicus, 1715. Le nom est changé en 1731. Le nom d'origine survit sous la forme du château de Stainborough, une fausse ruine construite comme une folie de jardin sur le domaine. Le domaine est sous la garde du Wentworth Castle Heritage Trust de 2001 à juin 2019 et est ouvert au public toute l'année.

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Wentworth Castle

Wentworth Castle is a grade-I listed country house, the former seat of the Earls of Strafford, at Stainborough, near Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It is now home to the Northern College for Residential and Community Education. An older house existed on the estate, then called Stainborough, when it was purchased by Thomas Wentworth, Baron Raby (later Earl of Strafford), in 1708. It was still called Stainborough in Jan Kip's engraved bird's-eye view of parterres and avenues, 1714, and in the first edition of Vitruvius Britannicus, 1715. The name was changed in 1731. The original name survives in the form of Stainborough Castle, a sham ruin constructed as a garden folly on the estate. The estate was in the care of the Wentworth Castle Heritage Trust from 2001 to June 2019 and was open to the public year-round seven days a week. Despite massive restoration, the castle gardens were closed to the public in 2017 amidst a funding crisis. In September 2018 it was announced that the National Trust planned to enter into a new partnership with Northern College and Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council to reopen the gardens and parkland to the public. The gardens and parkland reopened to the public on 8 June 2019.

Northern College (England)

Northern College is an adult residential college based at Wentworth Castle in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.

Obelisk to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

The Obelisk to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (or The Sun Monument) is a memorial, dating from c.1736, to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. It stands in the grounds of Wentworth Castle, Stainborough, South Yorkshire. It is a Grade II* listed structure. Raised by William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford, it is the only known garden feature created in 18th century England which celebrates "the intellectual achievements of a woman".

Hood Green

Hood Green is a small village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It is near the villages of Stainborough, Thurgoland and Silkstone Common and is within the Penistone and Stocksbridge parliamentary constituency. Hood Green is historically part of the Stainborough C.P. Wentworth Castle and gardens is a nearby tourist attraction.

Stainborough

Stainborough is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 399, reducing slightly to 390 at the 2011 Census. The village of Stainborough and Hood Green lie within the Stainborough Civil Parish. Historically, Stainborough was part of the ancient Parish of Silkstone, in the Wapentake of Staincross, in the historic county of Yorkshire West Riding.