At the stately home yesterday....for those who are interested

chic said:
Thanks Hols. Beautiful pictures. What a fun thing to do. This thread has made me jealoos !!!! But I do feel bad for the servants. they couldn't even protest back then.
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very true... and not only did they have the ''masters'' to answer to, they had to answer to everyone above them.. which might be 6 or 7 different people...Mostly young girls lives were hell... but the parents sent them into service because they couldn't afford to keep them, and this way they got a job and somewhere to live. Usually the younger servants only got a half day off every 2 weeks.. and they were paid their wages once a year !
 
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hawkdon said:
Wow, can you imagine how long it takes to dust those
rooms!!?? Thanks HD.....
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this is why they needed so many servants.. it was constant work from 5 or 6 am until whatever time the masters went to bed...

The people who had the best jobs were the head housekeeper, the butler, the Cook and the gardeners... the rest toiled until they're fingers were raw...
 
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Here are the last .. this time the servants quarters..sadly no bedrooms inside the main house now that 2/3'rd have gone.. but a little few of behind the scenes...

These are the mews of the gardeners.... situated about 300 yards from the main house down near the stream posted at the beginning of the thread...

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this is the head gardeners quarters, still left in the same way it was back in the 1870's he was just 22...his name was Cresswell.. and by all accounts he was a gentle God fearing man...

It's the last house door camera right.... the livingroom is tiny,not much bigger than a bathroom.. and the bedroom which leads off it is about the same size...

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Inside the house this is the Butlers' private sitting room... no bedroom sadly... it's diffiutl to get photos because each door is blocked up to waist high so it's a little awkward trying to get as much as possible with the camera..

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and finally a view of the river Cam..running through the estate....

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thanks for your interest my friends... :love:
 
Dave03 said:
The courtyard looks familiar. Was it in an episode of Sherlock? (the Benedict Cumberbatch series)

It seems I remember it in The Hound of the Baskervilles
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The Crown: Scenes were filmed at Audley End for the first series, with the Great Hall and Library used to portray rooms in Balmoral, Windsor, and Eton College.


  • Trust: Scenes were filmed at Audley End for this series, which is based on the life of John Paul Getty III.

  • Woman of Straw: The exteriors and gardens of Audley End were used for this 1964 film.

  • Alice & Jack: Audley End House was used as a filming location for the 2024 episode of Alice & Jack.

  • Flog It! and Antiques Roadshow: The house and grounds have been used in these popular television shows.

  • The Victorian Way: Audley End appears in this series of videos on English Heritage's YouTube channel, featuring Mrs. Crocombe demonstrating Victorian cuisine and household management.

  • Other: The house and gardens have also been used in other TV shows and films, including "Gardeners' Question Time," and "Countryfile".
 
This was the family who owned and lived at Audley end....


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Charles Neville (1823–1902), 5th Baron Braybrooke (centre), with his wife, Florence (d. 1914), to his left, their young daughter, Augusta (1860–1903), in front of him, and other family members at Audley End in about 1868. (© Historic England Archive)


According to the English heritage site, they had at least 30 servants.. 18 who lived in at the house and the rest lived nearby...


Across the estate, Lord and Lady Braybrooke employed a further 80 or so staff, including gardeners, gamekeepers, grooms, farm labourers, shepherds and carpenters.
 
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