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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 fictional estate located in the outskirts of Downton in Yorkshire, England, UK, and is the home of the aristocratic Crawley family.
Residents[]
Current Residents[]
- Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham, his wife Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham
- Eldest daughter Mary Talbot, her husband Henry Talbot, their daughter Caroline Talbot, and Mary's son (with Matthew) George Crawley
- Among the family's servants, only two live in the house itself: Beryl Patmore and Phyllis Baxter
Former Residents[]
- Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, Robert's mother
- Lady Rosamund Painswick, Robert's sister
- Edith Pelham, the middle daughter of Robert and Cora, and Marigold, Edith's illegitimate daughter
- Sybil Branson, the youngest daughter of Robert and Cora, and Tom's wife
- Matthew Crawley, Mary's first husband
- Rose Aldridge, Robert's first-cousin once-removed
- Robert and Cora's son-in-law Tom Branson and Tom's daughter Sybbie Branson
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[]
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- 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[]
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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