Podcasts History The English Heritage Podcast Episode 24 - The story of a real Downton Abbey at Brodsworth Hall and Gardens in South Yorkshire

Episode 24 - The story of a real Downton Abbey at Brodsworth Hall and Gardens in South Yorkshire

Published: Sept. 12, 2019, 5 a.m.

As the new Downton Abbey film opens in cinemas, we head over to Brodsworth Hall and Gardens in South Yorkshire to meet curator Eleanor Matthews and discover how the story of this Victorian country house and its inhabitants can be compared to the fictional world of Downton Abbey.\n\nLearn about the Thellusson family who lived here, what the house would have been like during its Victorian heyday and how, after years of gentle decay, it was finally saved for the nation.\n\nTo find out more about Brodsworth Hall and Gardens or plan a visit, go to www.english-heritage.org.uk/brodsworth\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices