Even in a country filled with impressive palaces and castles, Wentworth Woodhouse is an amazing edifice. Almost three centuries old, the mansion boasts the widest country house façade in Europe (twice as wide as Buckingham Palace!) and with a staggering 250,000 square-feet of living space it is the largest private home in all of Britain.
This fabulous mansion sits at the heart of 90-acres of parkland and reportedly has 5 miles of hallways. The property has a total of 365 rooms of all shapes and sizes, and is so large there were once 1,000 people employed there.
Since 1999 the house has been the property of architect Clifford Newbold, who bought it for just £1.5 million. Now Wentworth Woodhouse is on the market for the significantly larger sum of £7 million (about $11 million), but even that sounds kind of low for such a palatial residence. There is, however, a catch: in addition to the listing price, the new owners will probably have to spend as much as £42 million on repairs and fixing subsidence caused by a nearby mine.
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