Work has finally started re-glazing the historic conservatory at Wentworth Castle in the same week the project has been shortlisted for a major award.

It has taken ten years to make it happen and will have cost £3.74m when it is complete.

The campaign to restore the fragile Victorian conservatory is entering its final phase and has been announced as a finalist in the English Heritage's Angel Awards.

Backed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the Angels are awarded in October to celebrate the efforts of individuals and local groups all over the country who put hours of effort, enthusiasm and endurance into saving derelict and severely damaged historic landmarks from being lost forever.

The conservatory had decayed over many decades to the point where the only things supporting it were the scaffolding and the ivy growing through the roof.

It featured in the BBCs Restoration programme in 2003 and made it to the grand final, but did not win and the campaign to save it didn't secure the money needed until 2011.

Claire Herring, of Wentworth Castle, said: "Very few of these 'iron winter gardens' survive in a recoverable state so we are very proud to have turned Wentworth Castle's conservatory from an overgrown eyesore into a beautiful building once again.

"It is the culmination of a ten-year dream.”

Once the conservatory is completely glazed it will be replanted with temperate plants from around the world to represent the different plant hunting interests of the 18th century Wentworth family, and the later 19th century Vernon-Wentworths.

The restored Grade II listed conservatory will open to the public in autumn and will even be available as a wedding venue.

Visit http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/aboutangelawards to vote for Wentworth Castle conservatory.