Brancaster Castle is a residence in Northumberland owned by the Marquess of Hexham.
Peter, the 6th Marquess, preferred living in Tangiers, and thus Brancaster would be rented out for parties.
In one such case, it was rented by Lord Sinderby for a grousing party in Autumn 1924, to which the Crawley family were also invited. Lord Sinderby makes the precarious decision to take his own butler, Stowell to the castle to see over both the upstairs world and below. Also in attendance were Henry Talbot, Charlie Rogers, and the agent, Bertie Pelham.
Bertie was also a distant cousin of Lord Hexham, with whom he was very good friends. When Lord Hexham passed away in 1925, Bertie stood as heir and became the 7th Marquess of Hexham.
Behind the Scenes
- Alnwick Castle serves as the location for Brancaster Castle. It has also been the filming location for The Harry Potter film series starring Maggie Smith, the first series of Blackadder, and the 1980s TV series Robin of Sherwood.
Appearances
| Appearances and Mentions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series 5 | Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5 | Episode 6 | Episode 7 | Episode 8 | Christmas Special Appears |
| Series 6 | Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 Mentioned |
Episode 4 | Episode 5 Mentioned |
Episode 6 | Episode 7 | Episode 8 Mentioned |
Christmas Special |
Gallery
Some of the cast of "A Moorland Holiday" in the Brancaster Library
Lady Sinderby, Diana Clark, Daniel Clark and Lady Rose Aldridge in the Saloon
Stowell in the Saloon
The Saloon
The Drawing Room
A grand dinner in the Brancaster Dining Room
The Dining Room
Another view of the Dining Room