Wentworth Castle - a gatepost and a gate and another thing

Wentworth Castle - a gatepost and a gate and some other things

From Hood Green there is a footpath to Wentworth Castle. The footpath starts at a lodge [possible the North Lodge] that once was part of the Castle Estate - but which is now 'private residences' whose privacy must be respected, especially by the curious walker / investigator.

Currently the footpath begins at a farm type gate just beyond the residences. At one time there were two gateposts built of stone, and it is imagined, an ornate hinged gate hung between them.

At some point in past years, the gateposts were dismantled and the gate removed [perhaps it was at about the same time as the Steeple Lodge gateposts encountered a similar fate, and maybe for the same reasons - it is said that military activity at the Castle during WW2 was the reason for the removal of the Steeple Lodge gates.]

Whatever the reason - at least until recently - large parts of the dismantled gateposts were in the adjacent field through which the footpath goes - close by the boundary hedge.

As for the gate - at the same time the gatepost remains were 'discovered' - a rusted metal gate was seen to the left [with the Lodge behind the walker] of the footpath in the undergrowth of a wood - was this the gate that once controlled entry to the estate?


In the aforementioned field is a large tree [chestnut?] that was - within the early part of the last decade - said to be the 'oldest' for many miles around.

Do you know anything more about any of the above?


The Editor