Highclere Castle

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country house historic house stately home tourist attraction

Highclere Castle is a grand Victorian country house in Hampshire, England, best known worldwide as the primary filming location for the television series "Downton Abbey."

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Highclere Castle grounds 2
Highclere 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf country house ⓘ
historic house ⓘ
stately home ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle Jacobethan ⓘ
Victorian ⓘ
associatedWith 5th Earl of Carnarvon ⓘ
Tutankhamun excavation funding ⓘ
category Castles in Hampshire ⓘ
Country houses in Hampshire ⓘ
Grade I listed houses in Hampshire ⓘ
country England ⓘ
currentOwnerTitle 8th Earl of Carnarvon ⓘ
distanceFromLondon about 60 miles west of London ⓘ
famousFor being the setting of the television series Downton Abbey ⓘ
featuredIn Downton Abbey ⓘ
surface form: Downton Abbey (2019 film)

Downton Abbey ⓘ
surface form: Downton Abbey (TV series)

Downton Abbey ⓘ
surface form: Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022 film)
governingBody private ownership ⓘ
hasArchitect Charles Barry ⓘ
hasChapel Highclere Castle chapel ⓘ
hasEstateSize about 5,000 acres ⓘ
hasFeature central tower ⓘ
extensive parkland ⓘ
formal gardens ⓘ
hasInteriorStyle Victorian opulence ⓘ
hasLibrary large Victorian library ⓘ
hasMainConstructionMaterial Bath stone ⓘ
hasNumberOfRooms over 200 rooms ⓘ
hasOnsiteExhibition Egyptian exhibition ⓘ
hasParklandDesigner Capability Brown ⓘ
hasPredecessorBuilding medieval palace of the Bishops of Winchester ⓘ
hasPublicAccess open to the public on selected days ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.highclerecastle.co.uk/ ⓘ
heritageStatus Grade I listed building ⓘ
listedSince 1953 ⓘ
listingAuthority Historic England ⓘ
locatedIn Hampshire ⓘ
Highclere Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Highclere
nearestTown Newbury, Berkshire ⓘ
surface form: Newbury
ownedBy 3rd Earl of Carnarvon ⓘ
surface form: Earl of Carnarvon

Herbert family ⓘ
rebuiltFor 3rd Earl of Carnarvon ⓘ
rebuiltInPeriod 1839–1878 ⓘ
region South East England ⓘ
usedAs country seat of the Earls of Carnarvon ⓘ
primary filming location for Downton Abbey ⓘ
usedDuring First World War as a hospital ⓘ
Second World War as a home for evacuee children ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Berkshire → containsLandmark → Highclere Castle ⓘ
Berkshire, England → containsLandmark → Highclere Castle ⓘ
Capability Brown → designed → Highclere Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Highclere Castle grounds
Highclere Castle → locatedIn → Highclere Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Highclere
Newbury, Berkshire → locatedNear → Highclere Castle ⓘ
Charles Barry → notableWork → Highclere Castle ⓘ
Lancelot "Capability" Brown → notableWork → Highclere Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Highclere Castle grounds