Planning approval has been granted for the restoration of a Victorian glasshouse at Wentworth Castle, near Barnsley.
The glasshouse which was built by Thomas Wentworth in 1877 has remained derelict for a number of years awaiting planning permission and funding.
On Thursday the project took a step closer to being refurbished.
The team at Wentworth Castle have submitted a bid of £3.5m to the Heritage Lottery Fund which is due to be decided in May.
The project also relies on match funding from other institutions, such as English Heritage.
The restoration project which will cost £3.7m has already raised £18,000 from fundraising, which has included asking people to sponsor panes of glass in the conservatory.
Neil Charlton one of the architects working on the project said, "The building is being entirely supported by scaffolding at the moment. The conservatory will need to be dismantled. Many of the elements need to be replaced using the same techniques from when the building was originally constructed in the 18th Century."
The restoration project will include a combination of new and old items being restored. The majority of the glass will be replaced by imported hand-cut glass panes. The conservatories structure of cast and wrought iron will be restored and reused where possible.
Neil tasked will the difficult job of piecing it together said, "It's like a giant Meccano set. Some pieces are beyond repair, others can be kept and re-used."
The Wentworth Estate has spent over £17m already on the 500 acre site, since starting renovation work began in 2004, focusing its attention on renovating areas, from gardens, parkland and woodland through to the restoration of a Grade I listed circular outbuilding called the Rotunda in September 2010.
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