Carr was to do a great deal of work for Lord Fitzwilliam, notably alterations to the side pavilions and to the west elevation of Wentworth Woodhouse.

As executed, it is a combination of a cenotaph and a Temple of Friendship, housing within it a statue by Joseph Nollekens of Rockingham himself in Garter robes with upraised hand.

[2] accounts record regular small payments to local artisans and more infrequent but larger disbursements to better-known craftsmen such as Nollekens.

[2] The monument is the property of the Fitzwilliam Wentworth Amenity Trust,[3] which completed its restoration in the 1980s with the aid of compensation from British Coal and a grant from English Heritage.

The principal aim of the Trust is to promote the permanent conservation of lands and building of beauty or historic interest and generally to protect, preserve and improve the rural and visual character and amenities of the Parish of Wentworth and the adjacent areas.