House Viewing
COUNTRY PILES TO POKE ABOUT IN
HATFIELD HOUSE
Lara Croft practised kicking butt in the entrance hall, Olivia Colman picked her favourite in the Great Hall and Mrs. De Winter failed to live up to Rebecca on the staircase.
WROTHAM PARK
Bridget Jones and Mark Darcy attended a very fancy Christmas party in the gallery that thankfully didn’t end with the puppy bloodshed as the Kingsman’s training there did.
BLENHEIM PALACE
The beautiful courtyard of Blenheim Palace is a sight to behold even without the presence of a giant Jack Black from Gulliver’s Travels.
STOKESAY HALL
Keira wore that green dress to fall in love with James McAvoy in the library in Atonement. Yes, there’s a fountain for damp flirting.
CHATSWORTH
Darcy’s family estate was here in Pride & Prejudice but Keira Knightley had a far less romantic time getting married to Ralph Fiennes in the chapel in The Duchess.
BOUGHTON HOUSE
While La Revolution raged on Eddie Redmayne found time to marry Amanda Seyfried in the grand hall in Les Misérables.
HAREWOOD HOUSE
John Goodman reigned over us from the gardens in cult comedy classic King Ralph.
HADDON HALL
Jane Eyre lived here with Michael Fassbender’s brooding Mr. Rochester and they almost got married in the chapel (though she probably should have checked for any secret rooms before she agreed).
BENTHALL HALL
Enola Holmes trained as a master detective by the vine covered walls of this ginormous 16th-century country house.
KEDLESTON HALL
Hermione was sabotaged in the circular saloon in Women In Love while Keira Knightley flirted with Dominic Cooper on the house’s South Front in The Duchess.
KIRBY HALL
Fanny and Co. got flirty in the Billiards room in Mansfield Park.
KNEBWORTH
There is the giant dining room where Batman had lonely dinners, the beautiful gardens where Paddington enjoyed a marmalade sandwich and less erm… wholesome things were enjoyed in the hallways in Eyes Wide Shut.