Wortley Hall
Wortley Hall is a country house in the village of Wortley at Barnsley in the English administration Community South Yorkshire . For more than six decades this country house was mainly associated with the British labor movement. Today it is used by various unions and other organizations as a place for training courses and other gatherings, as well as for purely social events.
The building is made of sandstone - ashlar and has a slate roof. The floor plan is irregular; For the most part the house has two floors and the south front has seven bays.
English Heritage has Wortley Hall as Historic Building II *. Grade listed. The house is licensed to hold wedding ceremonies and civil partnership ceremonies . The sprawling estate and formal gardens are open to the public for day visitors.
history
A mansion was rebuilt in 1586 for Sir Richard Wortley . In the English Civil War , his son, Sir Francis Wortley, 1st Baronet , was, like his powerful partisan, Sir Thomas Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse , a royalist and fought for the king, providing Wortley Hall as a garrison for 150 dragoons. But in 1644 Sir Francis was imprisoned in the Tower of London and when he was released in 1649 he was obliged to pay a heavy fine to repair his possessions. Wortley Hall then fell to an illegitimate daughter who, around 1670, married Sidney Montagu , the second son of the Earl of Sandwich .
The house was significantly rebuilt by Giacomo Leoni 1742–1746 and an east wing for Sir Edward Wortley Montagu , Member of Parliament and Ambassador of the Ottoman Empire , added in 1757–1761 , who died in 1761. He bequeathed the house to his daughter Mary , who married the Prime Minister, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute . In 1794 the house passed from her to her son, Colonel James Archibald Stuart (1747-1818), who added the name Wortley to his own (and later the name Mackenzie). This left the house to his son, Colonel James Archibald (1776-1845), who was from 1818-1826 Member of Parliament for Yorkshire and was then raised to Baron Wharncliffe .
Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 3rd Baron Wharncliffe , was named Earl of Wharncliffe in 1876 . The country house was the seat of the Earls of Wharncliffe until World War II , when it was made available to the British Army . After that it slowly deteriorated.
In 1950, some local union activists discovered the country house as a potential training and leisure center and set up a cooperative that was able to purchase the house for these purposes. It was officially opened on May 5, 1951.
The country house appeared in series 6, episode 12, of Michael Portillo's Great British Railway Journeys on BBC 2 on January 20, 2015. Michael Portillo described his current assignment, met the director, and stayed overnight. He showed the connection to the trade union movement.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Wortley Hall with Attached South-Front Terrace and Steps Including Attached Retaining Wall and Steps, Wortley . British Listed buildings. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
- ^ Wortley Family History . Retrieved September 15, 2015.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 29 '28.3 " N , 1 ° 31' 50.2" W.