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FigFest North 2012 - Sunday 2nd September 2012 (Members Only - £3 Entry Pay on day)
Join other members and owners of RollsRoyce, Humber, Morris, Mini, Jenson, Jaguar,TVR, VW, MG, BMW and more
for a spectacular day out at the amazing Wentworth Woodhouse Stately House! Read more about the venue
Located in Yorkshire between Barnsley and Rotherham the stunning Wentworth Woodhouse Stately House is the venue for the day
The event will include Kids fun fair, Arts & craft stalls, Hot Food, Beer & Wines, BBQ, Autojumble - More info to follow.
Figaro Owners Janice & Georgie will be on hand to help on the day
About the Venue
If asked to name the largest and grandest country houses in Britain, many would list obvious candidates; Chatsworth, Belvoir, Castle Howard, Petworth, but few would name Wentworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire, the house featured in the next episode of Dan Cruickshank’s ‘The Country House Revealed‘ [Tuesday 31 May - 21:00 - BBC2]. One of the largest private homes in Europe, this leviathan slowly slipping into obscurity since family feuds and a vindictive Socialist minister caused the house to decline from being the greatest to being neglected. Now, after ten years of hard work by the current owner, the house makes its first steps back towards the public stage – but is the price of the resurrection perhaps too high?One of the triumphs of Wentworth Woodhouse is that the design of the house is coherent and powerful despite it’s size - Read more
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