Basildon Park - The Octagon Room

Downton Abbey (2010 - 2015)

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SCENE

The family prepared for Rose's grand coming out ball.

ACTORS

OVERVIEW

A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.

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ADDRESS

Lower Basildon, Reading RG8 9NR, United Kingdom

LOCATION

51.499185, -1.121559

LOCATION DETAILS

Basildon Park is a country house in Berkshire, between the villages of Upper Basildon and Lower Basildon. It is owned by the National Trust and is a Grade I listed building. The Octagon Drawing Room is the principal room of the house.

This Georgian mansion was used for the interior shots of the Grantham House, the Crawley family's London residence. The exterior shots where done by Bridgewater House on Cleveland Row in London. Behind the scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfI7nbH_Ocw

(source Wikipedia)

More information: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/basildon-park/

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7/2/2018

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