The Victorian glasshouse at Wentworth Castle Gardens, near Barnsley, is to re-open next month following a £3.74m restoration.
The renovation is the culmination of a 10 year fundraising campaign which began after the glasshouse was featured on the BBC programme Restoration in 2003.
During the restoration work an incredible 4,000 parts were dismantled, labelled, cleaned and restored, while 35 layers of paints including greens, whites and creams were removed to reveal intricate detail, showing the original colour to have been a creamy white.
Claire Herring, director at Wentworth Castle Gardens, said: "After a decade of fundraising, and over a year of renovating the conservatory, we are delighted and relieved to have finally reached this stage.
"The conservatory has been meticulously refurbished to its original state and this glorious glasshouse will be the jewel in Wentworth Castle Gardens’ crown."
The restored glasshouse will be a temperate house and will generally be about 5°C warmer than the outside temperature, although it will always be kept frost free in winter.
The interior planting is based around the continents of the world, with five beds explaining the history of how different plant species – some of which are now common place in our gardens – first arrived in this country.
The restoration has been funded by Heritage Lottery Fund, the European Regional Development Fund, English Heritage and the Country Houses Foundation.
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