Hoober Stand

Hoober Stand is a monument built between 1747 and 1749 by Henry Flitcroft for Thomas Watson Wentworth, the 1st Marquis of Rockingham. Constructed from sandstone ashlar, it features a massive triangular tower that tapers from a perpendicular base to a corbelled parapet with rounded angles. At the top, a central hexagonal cupola covers an internal stone staircase, bringing the total height to approximately 30 metres.

The south elevation includes a plinth and a flat-arched central doorway that is boarded up, framed by a tripartite keystone. There is a projecting surround with an impost band leading to a round arch, and beneath it is a band that holds a lead-lettered marble panel in an ashlar surround, flanked by consoles and topped with a cornice. A centrally-placed, vertically-set window partway up the tower retains remnants of an iron casement within a round-arched pedimented surround, while a similar window above has a damaged sill and missing pediment. The parapet features a corbel-table, and an iron-railed balustrade encloses the remains of three sundials set at each angle and the ashlar-domed cupola. The left return has a single window, while the right return has two windows, all matching those on the south front.

Hoober Stand was erected to commemorate the quelling of the Jacobite rebellion in 1745 and also pays homage to King George II following the elevation of Lord Malton to Marquis of Rockingham. The inscription on the marble panel reads: "1748 This Pyramidall Building was Erected by his MAJESTY'S most Dutyfull Subject THOMAS, Marquess of Rockingham & ca In Grateful Respect to the Preserver of our Religion Laws and Libertys KING GEORGE THE SECOND..."

It serves as an important landscape feature of the Wentworth estate and is a notable local landmark.