Most of us would be lying if we said we weren’t in the least bit interested in a bit of idle village gossip. That is if the gossip is not about you and yours of course.
So, and in a world well before social media, television and radio broadcasts, imagine the glee that would have been gained in a secluded hamlet in South Yorkshire when two warring cousins ended up in a family feud. Now, most amount to nothing more than a bit of dirty linen being aired in public and an awkward Christmas dinner – but this one resulted in a Gothic folly, a grand house and estate and a re-created Earldom title.
Thomas Wentworth enjoyed a successful and esteemed career as a soldier, serving under King William III, but the feeling of resentment to his cousin lingered – and he wanted that title back. In 1708, he bought what at the time was called Stainborough Castle. Over the years he had it re-modelled, re-developed and various buildings created within the extensive gardens and landscape in a bid to always be going one better than his cousin at Wentworth Woodhouse.
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