jane austen's 1813 novel pride and
prejudice is one of the most popular
novels in english literature and much
loved around the world
set within regency england the story
focuses on the turbulent relationship
between fitzwilliam darcy and elizabeth
bennett for those of us that are
captivated by the extravagance of the
time the colossal and grand country
homes that featuring austin's novel are
just as integral to the story as the
characters fortunately with several tv
and film adaptations we can truly
imagine what the world of pride and
prejudice might have looked like in this
video i'll be focusing on the 1995 tv
mini series and the 2005 movie
adaptations of pride and prejudice and
exploring some of the real-life country
homes that feature in the productions
from one of the most elaborate country
homes in england to one of the most
elegant country homes anywhere in the
world here are some of the real-life
film and locations from pride and
prejudice
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chatsworth house
it's believed that jane austen largely
based pemberley on chatswood house in
derbyshire and thus this serves as an
appropriate backdrop to pemberley in the
2005 movie adaptation
starring kiera knightley and matthew
mcfadden likely one of the uk's most
recognizable country homes chatsworth
house is a spectacularly grand mansion
and serves as the historic seat of the
dukes of devonshire chatsworth is home
to the cavendish family with the estate
being purchased by william cavendish and
his formidable wife bess of hardwick in
1549.
very little of the original elizabethan
mansion exists today with the house
being completely remodeled by the first
duke of devonshire in 1707 and later
expanded by the sixth duke chatsworth is
one of the finest and most extravagant
country homes in the world and is no
stranger to the big screen in fact peaky
blinders the duchess and death comes to
pemberley have all been partly filmed at
chatsworth but the grand palladian house
is perhaps best known for its portrayal
of pemberley with chats with serving as
pemberley's exteriors the spectacular
painted hall and impressive sculpture
gallery also serve as the backdrops to
some of the interior scenes wilton house
complementing chatsworth beautifully in
the 2005 movie some of pemberley's
interior scenes were also shot at wilton
house
just a stone's throw away from salisbury
in wiltshire wilton has been the
ancestral home of the earls of pembroke
for nearly 500 years there has been a
house at wilton since the disillusion of
the monasteries with the land being
granted to william herbert first earl of
pembroke by henry viii wilson occupies
the site of an anglo-saxon monastery but
the house we see today dates back to
1647 having been rebuilt following a
devastating fire built in the popular
palladian style and from local stone
wilson is particularly striking in
appearance just as impressive though are
the interiors likely the most impressive
of these indoor spaces is the double
cube room with its unique styling and
intricate gold leaf detailing this
spectacular room serves as mr darcy's
drawing room in the pride and prejudice
movie and this is where elizabeth
bennett is first introduced to darcy's
sister georgiana stowerhead gardens
stowerhead is one of the world's finest
18th century landscape gardens and
serves as one of the national trust's
most popular properties designed by
henry the magnificent after
inheriting the family estate from his
father richard lord mayor of
london stowehead comprises a central
man-made lake surrounded by magnificent
classical temples mythical grottoes and
rare and exotic trees these spectacular
gardens are incredibly iconic and
provide the setting to one of the
movie's most iconic scenes here the
palladian bridge and temple of apollo
provide the setting for mr darcy's
awkward and rather soggy marriage
proposal to elizabeth lyme park like
chatsworth lyme is particularly
recognizable as a home of mr darcy and
stars as pemberley in the 1995 tv series
lime is a glorious country house and
park nestled on the edge of the peak
district in cheshire incredibly prior to
its acquisition by the national trust in
1946 lime had been the home of the
ancient lee family for over 550 years
with the current house being largely
constructed by piers laid the 7th in the
mid 16th century the architecture of the
house is particularly striking with lyme
undergoing a huge transformation in
1725. what resulted was the striking
neoclassical architecture we see today
although there is much debate as to
whether this is more baroque than
palladium
either way the magnificent south range
is truly a work of beauty and with its
ginormous portico gives lime its iconic
look lyme is also believed to have been
some of the inspiration behind jane
austen's pemberley and features quite
extensively in the tv series sudbury
hall while slime park is used in the tv
series as pemberley's exteriors sudbury
hall provides the setting for the
interior scenes situated in derbyshire
sudbury hull is another national trust
property and also serves as the museum
of children built between 1660 and 1680
for george vernon sudbury is considered
one of the finest restoration mansions
in england and beautifully encapsulates
the spirit of the period not only
renowned for its intricate plaster work
sudbury features one of the grandest and
most spectacular staircases of any
country house and the long gallery is
another unforgettable indoor space
sudbury certainly fits the bill for
pemberley's interiors with the red room
long gallery and staircase all featuring
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groom bridge place possibly one of my
favorite settings in a 2005 movie
adaptation of pride and prejudice
groombridge house in tunbridge wells
stands in as the bennett family home
far lovelier in real life than depicted
in the movie groom bridge house is not
what we might call modest but it is in
fact a picture-perfect 17th century
manor house set within 300 acres of
parkland and formal gardens
greenbridge is indeed very pleasing on
the eye more so due to the fact it
features its own moat
the house dates back to 1662 and was
built by sir christopher wren for his
fellow architects and friend philip
packer
lookington caught in the 1995 tv series
luxington cot was chosen to depict the
interiors of longbone lookington cut is
a quintessentially english manor house
and was once rumored to have been eyed
up as a family home by the duke and
duchess of sussex and was actually on
the market a few years back for just
over five million pounds
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burley house perhaps one of the most
extravagant country homes in england
burley house is a fitting setting for
lady catherine's over-the-top mansion
situated just a stone's throw away from
stamford in lincolnshire burley is one
of the finest examples of an elizabethan
prodigy house in england and also
features some of the most spectacular
18th century interiors anywhere in the
world with its construction spanning
over 30 years this spectacular home was
built for sir william cecil queen
elizabeth the first most trusted advisor
and eventual lord high treasurer cecil
was an exceptionally important figure
and having supported elizabeth during
the reign of queen mary was richly
rewarded for his loyalty
no expense was spared on cecil's
magnificent house with the palatal
residents quite literally being fit for
a queen sadly due to an outbreak of
smallpox queen elizabeth was never to
stay at burleigh but she no doubt would
have been impressed by the striking
architecture and the vast internal
spaces later generations of the cecil
family are responsible for the
spectacular 18th century interiors with
the family still occupying the house to
this day of course such a grand house is
no stranger to the big screen with
numerous film and tv productions being
filmed within the estate king viewers
may recognize the mind blowing hell's
staircase from the blockbuster hit the
da vinci code and parts of the interior
also stood in as windsor castle in
season four of netflix's the crown
burley is perhaps best known as the home
of mr darcy's aunt lady catherine de
beaux in the 2005 movie adaptation of
pride and prejudice with the magnificent
heaven room serving as lady catherine's
extravagant drawing room belton house
like burley house belton is perhaps best
known as the residence of lady catherine
de burr mr darcey's formidable and this
time however belton takes center stage
in the bbc's 1995 tv adaptation of pride
and prejudice featuring colin firth
belton is a beautiful country house
situated just a stone's throw away from
grantham in lincolnshire one of my
personal favorite national trust
properties belton sits within stunning
parkland and features delightful formal
italian and dutch gardens the house
dates back to the latter part of the
17th century and was built for sir john
brownlow the house and the surrounding
estate is exceptionally ground and
serves as a stunning setting for
rosing's park belton is considered one
of the finest examples of restoration
architecture and is beautifully
portrayed in the tv mini-series belton
served as both the exterior and interior
of rosing's park
basildon park house basildon park is a
spectacularly grand national trust
property and stands in as mr bingland's
temporary home netherfield hall in a
2005 movie this grade one listed
palladian masterpiece was built between
1776 and 1783 for sir francis sykes to
the designs of the celebrated architect
of the time john carr having made an
absolute fortune in india as part of the
east india company sykes invested much
of his money in the construction of this
colossal house he would never see it
finished however marred with allegations
of corruption sykes died before the
house was fully finished basildon passed
through successive owners until it was
eventually requisitioned by the military
in the first world war so began a
massive period of decline for basildon
until it was purchased in the 1950s by
lord and laylee isleth and beautifully
restored and gifted to the nation in
1978
basildon is a spectacular setting for
netherfield park and serves as the
location for the grand ballroom scene
educate house educate house is an 18th
century country house in southwest
northamptonshire this delightful
georgian period house serves as the
exterior and interior of netherfield in
the 1995 tv production of pride and
prejudice with the ballroom scenes being
filmed at brocketts hall in well-wing
garden city there you go guys those were
some of the real-life country houses
from pride and prejudice i really hope
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