The first written records of the estate date back to 749 when an Anglo-Saxon King granted the estate to the Bishops of Winchester.
Downton Abbey
Now you have watched the series and seen the movie, visit us here at Highclere Castle and relive every scene: glide down the grand oak staircase as Lady Mary did on her wedding day, sit at Jackdaws Castle where Lady Edith so often found herself and take in the state dining room where many of the Dowager Countess’ wonderfully acerbic lines were delivered by Dame Maggie Smith.