Famous English Mansions & Estates
Downton Abbey’s Highclere isn’t the only grand old manor house that’s getting a lot of screen time. Some English estates rival Judy Dench for frequent film appearances. Highclere Castle Wrotham Park Syon House, Isleworth, Greater London Harlaxton Man, Grantham, Lincolnsire Burleigh House Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire Mentmore Towers, Mentmore, Buckinghamshire Wilton House, Wilton, Wiltshire Eton […]
Syon House, Greater London – England
Photo: Britain on View / Getty Images Screen Credits: Accident Gosford Park The Golden Bowl The Avengers The Wings of the Dove
Stokesay Court, Ludlow, Shropshire – England
Photo: Courtesy of Stokesay Court Screen Credits: Atonement
Broughton Castle, Banbury, Oxfordshire – England
Photo: Greg Biss / Getty Images Screen Credits: The Madness of King George Shakespeare in Love Three Men and a Little Lady
Eton College – England
Photo: Christopher Furlong / Getty Images Screen Credits: The Madness of King George Shakespeare in Love Chariots of Fire Young Sherlock Holmes The Fourth Protocol Henry VIII and His Six Wives (BBC TV series)
Knebworth House, Stevenage, Hertfordshire – England
Photo: Lonely Planet Images / Getty Images Screen Credits: Batman (1989) Eyes Wide Shut The Meaning of Life The Shooting Party Batman Begins (2003)
Wilton House, Wilton, Wiltshire – England
Photo: Britain on View / Getty Images Screen Credits: Barry Lyndon The Madness of King George Mrs. Brown The Music Lovers The Bounty The Young Victoria
Mentmore Towers, Mentmore, Buckinghamshire – England
Photo: Creative Commons Eyes Wide Shut (as Long Island mansion) Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan version, as Wayne Manor) Ali G in Da House The Mummy (1999)
Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire – England
Photo: Creative Commons Screen Credits: Greystoke (interiors) Orlando Batman (Wayne manor in Tim Burton version) Shakespeare in Love Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Sherlock Holmes (Guy Ritchie version
Harlaxton Man, Grantham, Lincolnshire – England
Photo: Creative Commons The Ruling Class The Haunting (remake
Burleigh House – England
Photo: Ben Stansall / Getty Images Screen Credits Pride and Prejudice (2005, Keira Knightley) The Da Vinci Code The Golden Bowl
Syon House, Isleworth, Greater London – England
Screen Credits: Peter’s Friends Jeeves & Wooster (series) The Line of Beauty (BBC TV) Sense & Sensibility (miniseries
Floors Castle, Kelso, Scotland
Floors Castle, Kelso, Scotland Photo: Jason Hawkes / Corbis Screen Credits: Greystoke
Castle Howard, York – England
Photo: Everett Collection Screen Credits: Both Bridesheads—mini-series and film
