Burial Enclosure Approximately 10 Metres To North East Of Wentworth Old Church

The burial enclosure, built in 1824, is located approximately 10 metres to the north-east of Wentworth Old Church. It was erected by William Wentworth Fitzwilliam and his son Charles William. The structure features an ashlar plinth and a vault cover, with a cast-iron railed enclosure that is rectangular in shape. A large slab rises to a chamfered two-stone vault cover. The railings are supported by corner and intermediate piers, each with a square section and lozenge-shaped panels in the openwork shaft. The moulded caps are mostly damaged or have been replaced with concrete facsimiles. Fleur-de-lys finials adorn both the lower and upper rails. An inscription on the upper rail reads:

'THIS PLACE OF BURIAL WAS / CONSTRUCTED A.D. MDCCCXXIV.BY / WILLIAM EARL FITZWILLIAM / AND CHARLES WILLIAM / VISCOUNT MILTON, FOR THE / WENTWORTH BRANCH OF THEIR / DESCENDANTS, IN THE HOPE THAT / THEY MAY PASS THROUGH / THINGS TEMPORAL, THAT THEY / LOSE NOT THE THINGS ETERNAL'.

The subterranean vault has not been inspected, and there is private access via an ashlar-lined tunnel from Wentworth Old Church.