Gemini Events has had to cancel the classic car show planned at a South Yorkshire stately home in September – because the property has been sold.
There will be no classic car show at Wentworth Woodhouse, South Yorkshire this September.
The event at Wentworth Woodhouse was scheduled to take place on 4 September. The 350-room, 82-acre property was put on the market for £8 million in 2015 following the death of the owner, but a sale fell through when evidence of subsidence caused by old mine workings was discovered.
As a result, it was hoped that the annual classic car show could be held in 2016. However, it was recently announced that Wentworth Woodhouse had been sold to a trust backed by Government funds and the National Trust. It wants to renovate the house and turn the property into a tourist attraction. Because of the extensive works to be carried out, it was decided to cancel the car show.
'We shall be in touch with the Trust as soon as the sale is completed and we very much hope to return to this fantastic venue in 2017,' says Gemini's director Stephen Smith.
'We have another show running on 4 September, at Himley Hall near Dudley, and we will be very pleased to welcome anyone who was hoping to be at Wentworth Woodhouse.'