"Board of Governors of the BBC from 1980 to 1983 after being a governor for eight years. He was made a life peer 1 July 1983 with the title Baron Howard of Henderskelfe, of Henderskelfe in the County of North Yorkshire. Howard married Lady Cecilia Blanche Genevieve FitzRoy (born 13 May 1922, died 1974), a daughter of Alfred FitzRoy, 8th Duke of Grafton, on 11 May 1949. They had four sons: Howard owned Castle Howard in North Yorkshire, which was televised in ""Brideshead Revisited"" in 1981. He died from cancer. George Howard, Baron Howard of Henderskelfe Major George Anthony Geoffrey"
"which was added in 1879. Several generations of the Ratcliffe family then occupied the house. The Granada television series which screened in 1971 called ""Seasons of the Year"" was filmed here. This consisted of six plays involving the various occupants of the house {called 'Seasons'} over a 150-year period from the Napoleonic wars to the 1970s. In some ways this series was almost a precursor to the later ""Brideshead Revisited"" where the house was almost a character in its own right. In 1972 the estate was acquired by the Mackaness family, who remain the owners to the present day. In"
"Brideshead Revisited (TV serial) Brideshead Revisited is a 1981 British television serial starring Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews. It was produced by Granada Television for broadcast by the ITV network. Most of the serial was directed by Charles Sturridge; a few sequences were directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. The serial is an adaptation of the novel ""Brideshead Revisited"" (1945) by Evelyn Waugh. It follows, from the 1920s to the early 1940s, the life and romances of the protagonist Charles Ryder—including his friendship with the Flytes, a family of wealthy English Catholics who live in a palatial mansion called Brideshead Castle. The"
"production designer for Granada. The Blairs' house in Sedgefield, Myrobella, was ""played"" by a house formerly owned by Lord Hailsham, Kettlethorpe Hall in Lincolnshire. The Maughan Library was used an the Houses of Parliament, along with the real life scene in London. The scene in which John Smith eats with Brown was filmed on Blackfriars Bridge on the River Thames. The prologue and climactic scene in the Granita restaurant was shot on location in the restaurant itself. Certain personal effects of the characters that were familiar to the public were added to the sets. Frears subdued Berrington's performance to avoid"
"with celebrity guests Vic Reeves and his wife Nancy Sorrell. Belgrave Hall was featured on the 26 June 2012 episode of . Belgrave Hall Belgrave Hall is a Queen Anne-style Grade II* listed building in Belgrave. It is located on the northern edge of the city of Leicester. It was built as a family home for Edmund and Ann Cradock in 1709 in the midst of of walled gardens in Belgrave, Leicester. Only two years after its completion, both Edmund and Ann died, and it was then owned by the Simons family for 45 years, the Vann family for 78"
"between 1897 and 1903. Each section was designed by a different architect Before 1837 it traded from Hanging Ditch. In its heyday, 'The Corn & Produce Exchange', was the gathering spot for thousands of traders from all over the region. This continued until the economic depression of the 1920s and 1930s. Following the Second World War, trade gradually declined and the trading floor fell into disuse. The building was used briefly by the Royal Exchange Theatre Company from 1976. It also served as a filming location for Granada Television's ""Brideshead Revisited"". From approximately this period until 1996 it became a"
"Madresfield Court Madresfield Court, Madresfield, near Malvern, Worcestershire is a country house. The house has been the home of the Lygon family for nearly six centuries, and has passed only by inheritance since the 12th century. The present building is largely a Victorian reconstruction, although the origins of the present house are from the 16th century, and the site has been occupied since Anglo-Saxon times. The novelist Evelyn Waugh was a frequent visitor to the house and based the family of Marchmain, who are central to his novel Brideshead Revisited, on the Lygons. Surrounded by a moat, the Court is"
"Graham in honour of his services to the Restoration of the Monarchy. Norton Conyers House Norton Conyers House is a grade II* listed late medieval manor house with Stuart and Georgian additions sited in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England, some 4 miles (7 km) north of Ripon. The frontage has distinctive Dutch-style gables and is thought to be the inspiration for Charlotte Brontë's novel ""Jane Eyre"". It has an 18th-century garden surrounding an Orangery. The house is currently undergoing restoration but is open for occasional guided tours. It is built in two storeys with a four-bay frontage to a square floor"
"Bradford Alhambra The Alhambra Theatre is a theatre in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, named after the Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain, which was the place of residence of the Emir of the Emirate of Granada. It was built in 1913 at a cost of £20,000 for theatre impresario Francis Laidler, and opened on Wednesday 18 March 1914. In 1964, Bradford City Council bought the Alhambra for £78,900 and in 1974, it was designated a Grade II listed building. It underwent extensively refurbishment in 1986. Today it is a receiving house for large-scale touring theatre of all types and the main"
"and 1954. The Lilford family presently own Bank Hall in Lancashire, which featured on the first series of the BBC's Restoration series in 2003. Lilford Hall and Park was the subject of the 27 January 1900 issue of ""Country Life"" Illustrated, and also a location for the BBC television series ""By the Sword Divided"" made in the 1980s. Lilford Hall Lilford Hall is a Grade I listed stately home in Northamptonshire in the United Kingdom. It was started in 1495 as a Tudor building, with a major Jacobean exterior extension added in 1635 and a Georgian interior adopted in the"
"The Ridding The Ridding is a Victorian country house located in the village of Bentham, North Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It was built in Scottish Baronial style for B. H. Bent by E. G. Paley in 1857–60, the only building designed in this style by Paley. It is built of squared rubble with sandstone ashlar dressings and a slate roof. The frontage has three bays in two storeys and incorporates a short two-stage tower at the left. The house was built in 1857–60 for Baldwin"
"of Newport County, who opened it to the public for tours. Mr Monroe often would come back to the estate for charity events up until his death in 1991. The ballroom was used to film scenes for the 1974 version of ""The Great Gatsby"" and for ""The Betsy"", ""High Society"", ""True Lies"", and ""Amistad"". Footage for three episodes of the PBS television series ""Antiques Roadshow"" was shot inside and on the grounds of Rosecliff on September 19, 2017, with 3,000 people attending to have their antiques appraised. It was the first time in its 22 seasons on the air that"
"Scheme and two Snowdrop Days in February. Goldsborough Hall Goldsborough Hall is a Jacobean stately home located in the village of Goldsborough, North Yorkshire, England. It is a member of the Historic Houses Association. The house itself is a Grade II* listed building. The current Hall was built for Sir Richard Hutton (1560–1639) after he acquired the Goldsborough Estate in 1598, and in the 20th century it was home to Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood and her family. The original building still stands and is occupied as a private family home that is not open to the public. The Hall"
"The University of Bristol Students Union building is in fact the university's School of Chemistry. The Granada TV studios are actually at the back of BBC Television Centre: the corridor (actually leading to the BBC multi-storey car park) was transformed for a day for the filming in 2005 with the addition of a Granada logo and pictures of past stars. The buildings at the end where a demonstration was held in which Brian tells Rebecca how much he likes her is the Queen Mary Court and King William Court at the University of Greenwich. Brian's home is shown as a"
"Nidd Hall Hotel is a Grade II-listed mansion near Harrogate, Yorkshire. Set in 45 acres of parkland, the building dates back to the 1820s. It was originally the home of Benjamin Rawson, a wealthy Bradford wool merchant and is rumoured to be the place King Edward VIII was first introduced to Mrs Wallis Simpson. Thoresby Hall Hotel is a Grade I-listed house that sits within the 100-acre Thoresby Estate, in the heart of the area commonly known as 'Robin Hood country' in Nottinghamshire. The hotel grounds consist of 30 acres of gardens. The hotel itself was restored over a decade"
"a number of exterior shots of Baddesley Clinton were used by Granada Television for its ""Sherlock Holmes"" series in the episode ""The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual"". In October 2016 the house was the venue for BBC One's ""Antiques Roadshow"". Although described as ""Baddesley Clinton"" on the screen, the location used for the outdoor filming of the 1603 raid in the first episode of the 2017 BBC One miniseries ""Gunpowder"" about events surrounding the Gunpowder Plot was not actually Baddesley Clinton, but was Fountains Hall near Ripon in Yorkshire. Baddesley Clinton was the inspiration for the novel ""My Husband: the"
"Middlewick House Middlewick House is a Grade II listed, Georgian-style house in Corsham, Wiltshire, England. It is the home of Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason and his wife Nettie, who acquired it from the previous owners, Andrew and Camilla Parker Bowles (now Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall), in 1995. The seven-bedroom building, which has been modified and expanded several times during its existence, was granted listed status, protecting it from unauthorised development, in August 1986. The front range is in ashlar, using Cotswold stone, with a roof of stone tiles, and dates from the 18th century. The west wing is earlier."
"""The Forsyte Saga"". It was also used as a backdrop for ""The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"" and has been the scene of two ""Coronation Street"" weddings. In 2016 it appeared in the BBC television show ""Peaky Blinders"", doubling as a house in Arrow, Warwickshire, where the main character Thomas Shelby lives. Arley Hall Arley Hall is a country house in the village of Arley, Cheshire, England, about south of Lymm and north of Northwich. It is home to the owner, Viscount Ashbrook and his family. The house is a Grade II* listed building, as is its adjacent chapel. Formal gardens"
"Ponden Hall Ponden Hall is a farmhouse near Stanbury in West Yorkshire, England. It is famous for reputedly being the inspiration for Thrushcross Grange, the home of the Linton family, Edgar, Isabella, and Cathy, in Emily Brontë's novel ""Wuthering Heights"". However, it does not match the description given in the novel and is closer in size and appearance to the farmhouse of Wuthering Heights itself. The Brontë biographer Winifred Gerin believed that Ponden Hall was the original of Wildfell Hall, the old mansion where Helen Graham, the protagonist of Anne Brontë's ""The Tenant of Wildfell Hall"", fled from her husband."
"Stoke Hall, Derbyshire Stoke Hall is a Grade II* listed 30-room Georgian Palladian mansion near the village of Grindleford, Derbyshire, England, whose restoration featured on the BBC series ""Restoration Home"" and the follow-up ""Restoration Home - One Year On"". Listed in the Domesday Book, the first known occupant of Stoke was Gerbert de Stoke, in 1204. Stoke was held by the Greys of Codnor and sold in the 1460s to the Barlows of Barlow Hall. In the 17th-century it was owned by William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle. Early in the next century, it passed to the Rev John Simpson,"
"Norton Conyers House Norton Conyers House is a grade II* listed late medieval manor house with Stuart and Georgian additions sited in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England, some 4 miles (7 km) north of Ripon. The frontage has distinctive Dutch-style gables and is thought to be the inspiration for Charlotte Brontë's novel ""Jane Eyre"". It has an 18th-century garden surrounding an Orangery. The house is currently undergoing restoration but is open for occasional guided tours. It is built in two storeys with a four-bay frontage to a square floor plan of brick with a Westmorland slate roof. The nearby stable block"
"from ‘Jane Eyre’ at Foremark Hall. Girls from John Port School in Etwall played pupils at Jane’s School, Lowfield, in outdoor scenes. Foremarke Hall Foremarke Hall is a Georgian-Palladian country house and manor house. Completed in 1762, the Hall is located at the manor (hamlet) of Foremark, near the hamlets of Ingleby, Ticknall, Milton, and the village of Repton in South Derbyshire, England. It is the current home of the Repton Preparatory School. Before becoming the Preparatory School, Foremarke Hall was the ancestral home of the Burdett family of Bramcote. It is a Grade 1 listed building. The school and"
"appeared on the television show, Tales from Northumberland with Robson Green. Hesleyside Hall Hesleyside Hall is a privately owned 18th-century country house and the ancestral home of the Border reiver Charlton family about west of Bellingham, Northumberland. It is a Grade II* listed building. The Charltons have been at Hesleyside since the 14th century. The present mansion, believed to be built on the site of a 14th-century pele tower, was built in 1719. The grounds were laid out by Capability Brown in 1776 and the east front was remodelled by architect William Newton in 1796. Edward Charlton was created a"
"official residence, but Alastair Graham and his family lived in an early 19th-century country house, Barford House, Barford, Warwickshire, between Warwick and Stratford-upon Avon, and it was here that he entertained Waugh as a guest. Graham was Waugh's closest friend from 1924 to 1929. In ""Brideshead Revisited"", Waugh has Charles Ryder revisiting Brideshead Castle, and remembering ""I had been there before, first with Sebastian more than twenty years ago on a cloudless day in June..."". According to Philip Eade and others, Waugh is here remembering his own love affair with Graham, started at Barford House in 1923 when Graham was"
"Trust's most visited properties.The house is also the National Trust's Southern Region head office. The future King George VI and his bride spent part of their honeymoon at Polesden Lacey, as guests of Mrs Greville. The poet and playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan was a previous owner of the property from 1804. To the south side of the High Street stands Bookham Grove Manor, built in the early 18th century, once owned by the Dawnay family. It is now converted into apartments, with coach houses built in its now grounds. The manor's original large estate covered the surrounding roads up to"
"Raynham Hall Raynham Hall is a country house in Norfolk, England. For nearly 400 years it has been the seat of the Townshend family. The hall gave its name to the five estate villages, known as The Raynhams, and is reported to be haunted, providing the scene for possibly the most famous ghost photo of all time, the famous Brown Lady descending the staircase. However, the ghost has been allegedly seen infrequently since the photo was taken. Its most famous resident was Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674–1738), leader in the House of Lords. Raynham Hall is one of the"
"ran in a tunnel underneath the site. The studios pre-date BBC Television Centre by four years and were the first purpose-built television studios in the United Kingdom. Bernstein exaggerated the scale of the studios, to make Granada appear a rival to the BBC, and gave the studios only even numbers so that it appeared there were 12 despite there being six. The studios were operated by 3sixtymedia, ITV Studios' joint-venture company with BBC Resources Ltd from 2000. The studios later hosted shows displaced by the closure of the Yorkshire Television studios in Leeds in 2009, including Channel 4's ""Countdown."" In"
"reception hall, five reception rooms, kitchen, breakfast room, master suite, five bedrooms, two bathrooms and a staff apartment. There is also an older north wing. The total floorspace is . The drawing room has a chimneypiece by Grinling Gibbons. The building was Grade II* listed on 8 August 1985. The River Derwent marks the estate's eastern boundary. Stoke Hall, Derbyshire Stoke Hall is a Grade II* listed 30-room Georgian Palladian mansion near the village of Grindleford, Derbyshire, England, whose restoration featured on the BBC series ""Restoration Home"" and the follow-up ""Restoration Home - One Year On"". Listed in the Domesday"
"once more made Biddick their home. It was remodelled by Trenwith Wills and Lord Gerald Wellesley. In September 2012, Biddick Hall was used as part of the set of the new BBC One drama ""The Paradise"". Biddick Hall was used as a filming location for the 2015 movie Estranged. Shots of the exterior of Biddick Hall are frequently used throughout the film Biddick Hall (house) Biddick Hall is a small privately owned 18th-century country mansion at Bournmoor, County Durham, near the City of Sunderland and Chester-le-Street. It is a Grade I listed building and the home of the Lambton family."
"immortalised Arbury Hall as ""Cheverel Manor"" in ""Scenes of Clerical Life"", where it is the setting for ""Mr Gilfil's Love Story"". The film ""Angels and Insects"" was shot entirely at Arbury Hall and within the grounds. Arbury Hall was also used as the fictional Hoxley Manor in the BBC TV series ""Land Girls"". Arbury Hall Arbury Hall () is a Grade I listed country house in Nuneaton in Warwickshire, England, and the ancestral home of the Newdigate family, later the Newdigate-Newdegate and Fitzroy-Newdegate families. The hall is built on the site of the former Arbury Priory in a mixture of"
"Nidd Hall Nidd Hall was a 19th-century country house, now a hotel, in the village of Nidd, North Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building. It is constructed of coursed squared gritstone and ashlar with grey slate roofs. It is built in 3 storeys in a 9 x 8 bay rectangular block. Nidd Hall, an Elizabethan Manor house, was the seat of the Trappes family. The Catholic priest, Peter Snow, would appear to have resided with Ralph Grimston at Nidd, and in 1598 was arrested in his company. They were both martyred at York on 15 June of"
"Goldsborough Hall Goldsborough Hall is a Jacobean stately home located in the village of Goldsborough, North Yorkshire, England. It is a member of the Historic Houses Association. The house itself is a Grade II* listed building. The current Hall was built for Sir Richard Hutton (1560–1639) after he acquired the Goldsborough Estate in 1598, and in the 20th century it was home to Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood and her family. The original building still stands and is occupied as a private family home that is not open to the public. The Hall is available for bed and breakfast guest"
"came second in the voting. The potting sheds and hall featured in the introduction to BBC Restoration Home (TV series) in 2011. Bank Hall Bank Hall is a Jacobean mansion in Bretherton, Lancashire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building and is at the centre of a private estate, surrounded by parkland. The hall was built on the site of an older house in 1608 by the Banastres who were lords of the manor. The hall was extended during the 18th and 19th centuries. Extensions were built for George Anthony Legh Keck in 1832–1833, to the design of the"