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Burghley House
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“Beautiful Burghley House has been a favourite Hollywood film location. Keira Knightley starred here in the remake of Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’. Nick Nolte and Uma Thurman also used the house as a backdrop during the filming of Henry James’ ‘The Golden Bowl’. Burghley House was built in the 16th century for Sir William Cecil. He was the Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I for an impressive 32 years. The house is a prime example of Elizabethan architecture, although some rooms are in a baroque style. From the time it was built the house remained, and still does, within the same family. It has 35 large rooms and a plethora of ‘lesser’ rooms, corridors, and bathrooms. There is an impressive collection of artwork and tapestries by artists such as Thomas Gainsborough, Carlo Dolci, Louis Laguerre and Antonio Verrio. The 300 acre deer park was designed by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, one of the most well known English landscape gardeners. It is open to the public all year round and fallow deer are often seen grazing in the grounds or drinking from the lake. Burghley is also the location of the earliest British conservatory – and the humble British tomato was first cultivated here. ”
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