What fate awaits Wentworth Woodhouse?

What fate awaits Wentworth Woodhouse?
One of the great houses of England is up for sale (April 1999). It may not be in the public eye like Blenheim or Castle Howard but Wentworth Woodhouse, near Rotherham in South Yorkshire, is equally magnificent.

The house, built in the second quarter of the 18th century, is basically two houses joined back to back: with the approach from the East showing a Palladian front over 600ft in length, the longest in the country, whilst the West front is Baroque. The whole has 365 rooms with 1000 windows. The stable block can accommodate 100 horses. This is truly a palatial pile.

Wentworth Woodhouse was built for Thomas Wentworth, who became the first Marquis of Rockingham, as an architectural challenge to Wentworth Castle six miles away, near Barnsley. The house passed to the 4th Earl Fitzwilliam who embellished the building cumulating in the best Georgian interior in England centring on the magnificent great hall.
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Pontefract Castle
FROM THE WEBSITE:
On the land in 1, above, Peter built a two-story log house with a basement. His daughter Susan was married to Valentine DeVault in this house. The property was occupied until about 1808 when Peter sold it and moved to the land in 4. above, which at the time was near Gray's Station. On this land Peter built a three story house which is now located at 307 Twin Falls Drive in Johnson City, Tennessee. Peter also built a grist mill at this site, but it burned down in 1940. Peter's stone residence is now owned by Marmaduke Beckwith Morton VII and it has been nominated to the National Register of Historic Places.When Peter died, the land on Sinking Creek may have passed to his son Peter, Jr., as James and William Range, sons of Peter, Jr., resided in this area.
The first record of Peter is in the land records of Washington County when he acquired the following tracts:
1. Feb 12, 1790, 300 acres on Knob Creek from Pharoh Cobb
Nov 2, 1804, 150 acres on Knob Creek from John Engle
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JOSEPH HUNTER/PLANNETTA BECKWITH
FROM THE WEBSITE
Joseph Hunter, one of the most distinguished pioneers of Southeast Missouri, came to New Madrid District in 1805, and located on a grant purchased from Joseph La Plante, near New Madrid. Very soon after he removed to Big Prairie, and with his brother-in-law, Samuel Phillips, located near the present town of Sikeston. Joseph Hunter was a son of a Scotch-Irish Presbyterian, who immigrated to America from the North of Ireland prior to the Revolutionary War. During the early settlement of Kentucky the family removed to Louisville. A brother of Joseph, who had been an officer in the continental army, received a grant of land on the river above the town in what is still known as "Hunter's Bottom." The mother Joseph and a sister were killed by the Indians while in a flax-field near their home; a brother, Abraham, also met his death at the hands of savages. Nancy Hunter, another member of the family, is mentioned in connection with the history of Ste. Genevieve.

Upon the organization of the Missouri Territory, Joseph Hunter was appointed by President Madison a member of the territorial council. He had a large family, and his descendants are very numerous, embracing many of the wealthiest and most prominent citizens of this State. His eldest son, Milford, removed to Grand Gulf, Miss. The second son, Abraham, married Sally Ogden, and became the father of three sons and three daughters, viz: Issac, a judge of Scott County Court; Joseph, a wealthy citizen of New Madrid, and Benjamin F., living near Sikeston, one of the largest land owners in Southeast Missouri; Catherine, who married first Americus Price, and second Marmaduke Beckwith; MORE...