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- Robert: "You see a million bricks that may crumble, a thousand gutters and pipes that may block and leak, and stone that will crack in the frost"
- Matthew: "But you don't."
- Robert: "I see my life's work."
- — Robert and Matthew Crawley talk about Downton Abbey.[src]
Downton Abbey is an estate located in the outskirts of Downton in Yorkshire, England, UK, and is the home of the aristocratic and wealthy Crawley family.
Residents
Current Residents
The current residents of Downton Abbey are Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham, his wife Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham, their eldest daughter Mary Talbot, her husband Henry Talbot, Mary's son George Crawley, Robert and Cora's son-in-law Tom Branson, and Tom's daughter Sybbie Branson. Among the family's servants, only four currently live in the house itself; Beryl Patmore, Thomas Barrow, Andrew Parker, and Phyllis Baxter.
Former Residents
Among the former residents of Downton Abbey, they include, but are not limited to: Matthew Crawley, Mary's first husband, Sybil Branson, the youngest daughter of Robert and Cora and Tom's wife, Edith Pelham, the middle daughter of Robert and Cora, Marigold, Edith's illegitimate daughter, Rose Aldridge, Robert and Cora's first-cousin once-removed, and Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, Robert's mother, Lady Rosamund Painswick, Robert's sister.
Known rooms and locations
For more information, see Rooms.
Downton Abbey is a very large and grand house with numerous rooms. Some of those that have appeared on screen are as follows:
Main house
- Entrance Hall
- Great Hall - with grand staircase
- Dining room
- Servery
- Library
- Boudoir/Painted Room/Music Room
- Drawing Room
- Smoking Room
- Cora's Drawing Room
- Study
- Morning Room
- Mary Talbot's Bedroom
- Edith Pelham's Bedroom
- Sybil Branson's Bedroom
- Lord and Lady Grantham's Bedroom
- Lady Grantham's Bathroom
- Rose Aldridge's Bedroom
- Nursery
- Servants quarters - sparsely furnished attic bedrooms with men's and women's bedrooms separate
- Anna and Gwen's Bedroom
- Jimmy's Bedroom
- Kitchen
- Servants' dining hall
- Butler's pantry
- Housekeepers' sitting room
Outdoors and estate
- John and Anna Bates' cottage
- Charles and Elsie Carson's cottage
- Garage
Media
Images
Videos
Behind the scenes
- Highclere Castle in Hampshire (west of London) is used for exterior shots of Downton Abbey as well as for some of the interior filming, with the servants' living areas constructed and filmed at Ealing Studios.
Appearances
See also
- Downton Abbey, the programme