Last night I watched a short documentary about Highclere Castle, the real life location of my current TV watching binge, Downton Abbey. Since 1679, this has remained a family home, morphing through the decades both physically and functionally. It has sustained its iconic character as an aristocrat’s lair, a military hospital, a war refugee’s haven and now the infamous setting of an award winning television series. Structurally it has … Read More
