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Travel quiz: Guess the stately home
  • Knole House, a National Trust-owned house in Sevenoaks, Kent won a star role in when it featured as the home of the Boleyn family. Which film was it?

  • Did you know? Knole House is one of Britain's largest houses, with 365 rooms, 52 staircases, 12 entrances and seven courtyards. The English country house has a surrounding deer park and many of the state rooms that are open to the public contain 17th-century royal Stuart furniture. One TripAdvisor traveller said: 'Beautiful house, perfect parkland and a great place to picnic on a fine summer’s day.'

  • Basildon Park, a gorgeous 18th century house appeared as Netherfield House in one adaptation of an Austen novel, starring Keira Knightley. Recognise it?

  • Did you know? This Georgian building, which oozes neoclassical style and features opulent interiors, was rescued from ruin by Lord and Lady Iliffe in the mid-1950s and is now owned by the National Trust. 

  • Highclere Castle, Berkshire, a 17th century property among 1,000 acres of beautiful parkland, this is the setting of Britain's best-loved period drama du jour. Recognise it? Of course you do!

  • Did you know? Highclere Castle belongs to the Carnarvon family who has lived here since 1679. Who'd have thought it would be oggled by of 11 million viewers every week...

  • Haddon Hall, a firm favourite with filmmakers, dates back to the 12th century and both the building and its grounds have appeared in three versions of a classic by Charlotte Bronte. Which one?

  • Did you know? Parts of Haddon Hall date from the 12th century. 

  • Lismore Castle, a majestic gem in Ireland's county Waterford, appeared in a hit ITV dramatisation of one of Jane Austen's best-loved novels in 2007. Which one?

  • Did you know? Lismore Castle's 17th Century outer walls are believed to be the oldest in Ireland and within them are eight acres of gardens. 

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