He said: “Homes with this level of history and grandeur don’t come up for sale. I’ve not sold a bigger house and I am not sure there is one. You can’t look in every room, but once you have seen a few rooms you have seen enough. 

“If many people were to draw their dream house, they would draw Wentworth Woodhouse – it is the impossible dream home.

“I think it would suit someone like the family who are selling it. They will need to be passionate about architecture, love classic houses and enjoy buying, restoring, and living in a treasure house of England.

“The work the owners have put into Wentworth Woodhouse has been painstaking. Everything has been done in good taste, but it is now time for someone else to take it on.

“Unsurprisingly, there has been a lot of interest and viewings begin this weekend.”