The largest private house in the UK, Wentworth Woodhouse in South Yorkshire sprawls across 250,000 square feet (22.2k sqm) of floor space, with five miles of corridors and a room for every day of the year.

The Grade I-listed estate once hosted the most flamboyant balls in the country attended by royalty, but a series of unfortunate events left it neglected for over 25 years.

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