Editing Wentworth Woodhouse (section)

==Architecture==
[[Image:Wentworth Woodhouse from A Complete History of the County of York by Thomas Allen (1828-30).JPG|thumb|Wentworth Woodhouse (east front) from ''A Complete History of the County of York'' by Thomas Allen (1828–30).]]
[[File:Wentworth Woodhouse west front.jpg|thumb|The west front; this was the original house]]
Wentworth Woodhouse comprises two joined houses, forming west and east fronts. The original house, now the west front, with the garden range facing northwest towards the village, was built of brick with stone details. The east front of unsurpassed length is credibly said to have been built<ref>Charlesworth 1986:120–137 ''passim''.</ref> as the result of a rivalry with the Stainborough branch of the Wentworth family, which inherited [[Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford]]'s minor title of [[Baron Raby]], but not his estates (including the notable series of Strafford portraits by [[Anthony van Dyck]] and [[Daniel Mytens]]), which went to Watson who added Wentworth to his surname. The Stainborough Wentworths, for whom the Strafford earldom was revived, lived at nearby [[Wentworth Castle]], which was purchased in 1708 in a competitive spirit and strenuously rebuilt in a magnificent manner.