Hindsight may be 20/20, and Downton Abbey may seem like an obvious hit drama to you — but, believe it or not, the producers and those involved in season one didn’t know the historical series about the ...

Highclere Castle is a big old building 70 miles west of London, a fact that would be of little interest to the average American television viewer except that over the last two years it has also become ...

If you’ve been dreading the prospect of having to patiently wait until January for “Downton Abbey’s” third season to air, you can now stop pouting, pour yourself some tea and book a trip to England.

Something is amiss in the library of Highclere Castle. Not only is Lord Grantham not here to greet me (most unlike him), but his desk has been moved from under the window to the other side of the room ...

Pinnacles jutting into the sky, Highclere Castle is a place millions of Americans are familiar with -- even if they haven't heard the name before. The sprawling British estate is where Downton Abbey ...

Highclere Castle in southern England is the stand-in for Downton Abbey in the television series and the recently released movie. The fictional Downton Abbey, though, is set in Yorkshire. If you’ve ...

Can you stay at Highclere Castle, the real life Downton Abbey? Yes, but it takes some planning -- and some money. With the “Downton Abbey” film opening Friday, fans will have a one-time opportunity to ...

The backdrop of the Downton Abbey story is Lord Grantham's majestic estate. But in reality, the show's titular Jacobethan mansion is known as Highclere Castle, and serves as the home of the 8th Earl ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo credit: NIKLAS HALLE'N - Getty Images Fans of Julian Fellowe's hit TV series, Downton Abbey, likely know the show is filmed ...