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Excited to see the #DowntonAbbeyMovie? Here's the history of that amazing building...which is actually #HighclereCastle in #England but we will call it by the name we all know and love: #DowntonAbbey!
#nspoli #DowntonAbbeyFilm #NovaScotia #NS #builtheritage @DowntonAbbey
#nspoli #DowntonAbbeyFilm #NovaScotia #NS #builtheritage @DowntonAbbey
@DowntonAbbey #DowntonAbbey's land was granted to the Church in 749 and held by it for 800 years. A bishop's home (a palace, really) was built in the 1300s. The land was taken from the church in 1551 during the #ProtestantReformation and it’s been owned by several families since.
#nspoli #NS
#nspoli #NS
@DowntonAbbey The bishop’s palace at the site of #DowntonAbbey was rebuilt in 1679 as a #brick manor house (the drawing below). Some of the brick can still be seen at the building’s rear. In the 1700s, formal gardens and paths were built.
#nspoli #NS #NovaScotia #DowntonAbbeyMovie
#nspoli #NS #NovaScotia #DowntonAbbeyMovie
