Enormous Estate That Inspired Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' Is for Sale

The super-sized British estate known as Wentworth Woodhouse is supposedly what inspired Jane Austen to create the Pemberley Estate in her classic novel Pride and Prejudice, and the man who once occupied it, the Fourth Earl Fitzwilliam, inspired the conception of the everlasting and impeccable Mr. Darcy. The Wentworths, who were essentially the Kardashians of Regency England, produced one of the country's Prime Ministers and now, their private residence in Europe is for sale for 7 million euros!

Wentworth Woodhouse was built by the First Marquess of Rockingham in 1725, according to Curbed, and was later occupied by the First Earl of Stafford and the Second Marquess of Rockingham, who later served as Prime Minister. In its prime there were rooms specified for anything you could imagine, the family, barber, candles, light bulbs—and guests were given baskets of confetti to create a trail from the dining room back to their quarters, according to The Telegraph.





The estate has been featured in numerous period pieces on TV and in film, and was utilized by the military during WWI, but began to decline in the 1950s.





Now, all we need is a gentleman to buy this glorious estate and we’ll live like Elizabeth Bennet.

by: Adeline Tan