Holmesian Locations...

[charleygirl]

For those who may be interested, I've just been looking through some of my old holiday photos, and came across pics of some of the locations used in the Granada series. These are places I've been to because visiting stately homes is one of my hobbies, rather than any geeky desire to track down the sites! :)



The Diogenes Club, Shoscome Old Place, the Louvre (interior) and various others, AKA Tatton Park in Cheshire:



I believe Tatton was used more than any other location, as I keep spotting it all over the place in the series. I find it highly amusing that in The Final Problem Holmes is standing right next to a bust of British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger in the main hall when he is actually meant to be in Paris. :)

Hurlestone Manor, really Baddesley Clinton in Warwickshire, where the ceilings are so low that JB apparently had to be constantly reminded to duck under the doorframes:



Holdernesse Hall, and also the Earl of Dovercourt's home in The Master Blackmailer, AKA Chatsworth, seat of the Duke of Devonshire (but actually located in Derbyshire):



The Priory School, more usually known as Haddon Hall, and which lies just a few miles from Chatsworth, pretty much 'across the valley' as Doctor Huxtable says:



ETA:

This is the largest of three caverns in the Derbyshire village of Castleton. Though its name is the Peak Cavern, it is known locally as the Devil's Arse, and was used as the 'great limestone cavern where the stolen cattle were penned' in the finale of The Priory School. This part of it is called Lumbago Walk, for obvious reasons!

Comments

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the photos - brought back some memories! You should post this across to 221b you know..:)

[charleygirl.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome, and that's an idea. Will have to look around and see if I've got any more.

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

funnily enough, last time i was at tatton was in the snow!!

[pamdram.livejournal.com]

Ah yes - Tatton certainly seemed to be a favourite, but then the location lends itself in so many ways!

[charleygirl.livejournal.com]

I'm starting to think that the film crew camped there on a semi-permanent basis. *g*

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

Bet they were happy!:) Dr Who got the sand pit in dorset and chistlehurst (blink and you'll miss 'em!) caves.

one up for granada methinks!

[charleygirl.livejournal.com]

And Wookey Hole, of course. Only time the Who team got inside a stately home was at Arundel for Silver Nemesis. Such are the advantages of working on a historical drama rather than an SF kids' show! :)

(i need a Tom Baker voice for this)

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

AHH. Wookey hole. Isn't that where dear Sarah Jane broke her leg?


(I forgot Wookey to tell true - great caves. Chistlehearst Caves are burned onto my retina because there used to be a tour; very, very cheap, with a mad Catweazle guide chap who pronounced Mutants Mu-tAnts, and scared my toddler of a brother to death - and there was a funny cardboard cut out of the Tardis that fel over when the spotlight came on! :)))) Did you ever go?? )

Re: (i need a Tom Baker voice for this)

[charleygirl.livejournal.com]

Sadly not! Probably one of the only cave systems in the country that I haven't been down at some point!

I'm being reminded on that cave tour guide Mark Gatiss used to do on The League of Gentlemen, who told visitors really boring facts about Who whether they wanted to know or not. :)

Re: (i need a Tom Baker voice for this)

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

he was exactly that! When i saw L.O.G. i thought 'poor chaps - they've been there too!' :))

Re: (i need a Tom Baker voice for this)

[charleygirl.livejournal.com]

I have to say, I love that icon! :)

praise from the icon meister herself!:)

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

*blushes*

[silentamory.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the pics. Very nice to see them. Would be great to visit all of them, Haddon Hall looks quite interesting I think.

[charleygirl.livejournal.com]

Haddon is lovely. Parts of it date back to the 14th century, and none is older than the seventeenth, as it was abandoned by the family for about three hundred years in favour of a more modern house. The BBC used it as Thornfield Hall in their 2006 version of Jane Eyre.

[sarlania.livejournal.com]

These are beautiful! I wish I lived in England!

[charleygirl.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed them. :)

btw - Russian Sherlock Holmes series locations

[alek-morse.livejournal.com]

it's wonderful!
many thanks :)

very interesting

So, sometimes they used one location a few times

By the way, you may compare these Granada's Sherlock Holmes locations with the Russian film Sherlock Holmes ones :)

here is the site http://221b.ru

http://www.221b.ru/geoPart3.htm
(episode: King of Blackmailer)

plus

http://ragazzi-bi-oggi.livejournal.com/178054.html

Re: btw - Russian Sherlock Holmes series locations

[charleygirl.livejournal.com]

Very interesting to see the difference between Russian and English architecture. Thank you! :)

Ronald Ader's residence

[alek-morse.livejournal.com]

Aha :) especially this is -
http://i.ixnp.com/images/v3.68/t.gif

    
Ronald Ader's residence
 



Charles A. Milverton's residence

Re: Ronald Ader's residence

[charleygirl.livejournal.com]

Yes indeed! A huge difference! :)

Let's compare :)

[alek-morse.livejournal.com]

;)
we can even compare, for example:

    
Ronald Ader's residence
 





Alexey Petrenko as Arthur Conan Doyle with the wife (against a background of his house)
(http://pics.livejournal.com/alek_morse/pic/000d7aq7/)

Real House of Conan Doyle in England

(http://pics.livejournal.com/alek_morse/pic/000d8qwf/)

:)

[tilly-stratford.livejournal.com]

Cool! And very interesting as well :D

[charleygirl.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed them. :)

[spacefall.livejournal.com]

Excellent hunting!

[charleygirl.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[happy-lizard.livejournal.com]

This was fascinating! Thank you for sharing.

[charleygirl.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome. :)

[kcscribbler]

Oh, lovely! You've no idea how much I would give to see England.

I do love being American, but our buildings are nowhere near as beautiful as yours, and though our heritage is interesting it's not as grand.

Thanks so much for posting these!

[charleygirl.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! Been meaning to get round to it for a while. :)

[daisy-suzuki.livejournal.com]

Locations - yay! Nice photos. Do let us know if you add more. My locations page is here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lal/sets/72157608658652199/

dx

[charleygirl.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

Lovely London photos! The shot over Greenwich with the sun going down is beautiful.