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Originally granted by the king to the Fitzwilliam family, Highclere Castle had several owners during the next 125 years. [6]The palace was rebuilt as Place House in 1679 when it was purchased by Sir Robert Sawyer, the Attorney General to Charles II and James II, who was a lawyer, MP, Speaker, and college friend of Samuel Pepys. [9]
Highclere is home to a number of prominent local businesses that use locally and sustainably sourced products, such as Berkshire Fencing Supplies (formerly the Natural Garden site overlooking Highclere Castle) supplying a great range of natural home grown hazel hurdles and willow fencing which is very environmentally friendly compared to cutting more trees down.
The third Downton Abbey film, due to air in September 2025, will thrust Highclere Castle, home of the 8th Earl and Countess of Carnarvon, into the spotlight once again.Just as impressive as this ...
Byfleet Manor's precursor was a royal hunting lodge given by Edward II to Piers Gaveston, his reputed lover. [2] Anne of Denmark, wife of King James I, the house's last royal owner, commissioned a fresh house here in 1617. [3]
The 62-year-old earl’s country home, Highclere Castle in Hampshire, doubled for Downton Abbey in the hit ITV period drama from 2011 to 2015, and will feature again in the film due to be released ...
Downton Abbey is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes.It first aired in the United Kingdom on ITV on 26 September 2010 and in the United States on PBS, which supported its production as part of its Masterpiece Classic anthology, on 9 January 2011.
Dowager Countess Violet Crawley died in Downton Abbey: A New Era, but the upcoming third movie will still pay tribute to the late Maggie Smith. Smith died at age 89 on September 27, not long after ...
Trafalgar House circa 1880. Trafalgar Park (also known as Trafalgar House, formerly Standlynch Park) is a large Georgian country house about 1.4 miles (2.3 km) northeast of the village of Downton in south Wiltshire, England, and 4.5 miles (7.3 km) southeast of the city of Salisbury. It was built in 1733 and is now a Grade I listed building.