Inside Britain's fanciest B&B: It makes Buckingham Palace feel small and its history is full of scandals, class wars and tragedy. You can now enjoy sumptuous luxury at Wentworth House, writes MARK PALMER

By Mark Palmer
Published: 12:08 BST, 17 April 2024 | Updated: 12:51 BST, 17 April 2024

There aren't many notable places to stay in and around Rotherham.
None at all, in fact, once you rule out the cheap and not always cheery Holiday Inn and Ibis chains.
But hold on to those plastic room keys for a moment, because there are plans to open the biggest of the big B&Bs, not only in all of South Yorkshire, but possibly in across the country.
Set in almost 90 acres of parkland, this new 20-room venture will be just a few miles from Rotherham town centre, at grade 1 listed Wentworth Woodhouse, the stately, dilapidated pile with as many rooms as here are days in the year - a mansion that makes Buckingham Palace look like a toddler. img id="i-26cc6e47a7feb206" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/17/10/83751277-13318407-image-a-12_1713345963673.jpg" height="423" width="634" alt="The Great Whistle Hall at Wentworth. Architectural historian Nikolous Pevsner described the interiors as "completely exceptional value, hardly matched anywhere in Britain" class="nothing" / >
Work has started on the so-called “Bedlam” wing, where en-suite rooms spread over three floors will provide overnight luxury sleep, a sumptuous fried breakfast and a chance to revel in one of Britain's finest homes which, after many uncertain years and numerous scandals, is now the subject of a program of £200 million restoration planned over several decades p>
Architectural historian Nikolous Pevsner has described Wentworth's interiors from 'q. ..

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Inside Britain's fanciest B&B: It makes Buckingham Palace feel small and its history is full of scandals, class wars and tragedy. You can now enjoy sumptuous luxury at Wentworth House, writes MARK PALMER

By Mark Palmer

Published: 12:08 BST, 17 April 2024 | Updated: 12:51 BST, 17 April 2024

There aren't many notable places to stay in and around Rotherham.

None at all, in fact, once you rule out the cheap and not always cheery Holiday Inn and Ibis chains.

But hold on to those plastic room keys for a moment, because there are plans to open the biggest of the big B&Bs, not only in all of South Yorkshire, but possibly in across the country.

Set in almost 90 acres of parkland, this new 20-room venture will be just a few miles from Rotherham town centre, at grade 1 listed Wentworth Woodhouse, the stately, dilapidated pile with as many rooms as here are days in the year - a mansion that makes Buckingham Palace look like a toddler. img id="i-26cc6e47a7feb206" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/17/10/83751277-13318407-image-a-12_1713345963673.jpg" height="423" width="634" alt="The Great Whistle Hall at Wentworth. Architectural historian Nikolous Pevsner described the interiors as "completely exceptional value, hardly matched anywhere in Britain" class="nothing" / > Its Palladian facade, with a central block of 19 bays, two wings and a pavilion at each end, is the length of two football fields, there are four acres of roof and nearly two miles of land; corridors

Work has started on the so-called “Bedlam” wing, where en-suite rooms spread over three floors will provide overnight luxury sleep, a sumptuous fried breakfast and a chance to revel in one of Britain's finest homes which, after many uncertain years and numerous scandals, is now the subject of a program of £200 million restoration planned over several decades p>

Architectural historian Nikolous Pevsner has described Wentworth's interiors from 'q. ..