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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Mark Brown North of England correspondent

North Yorkshire’s film-star stately home set to earn its keep by hosting paying guests

Castle Howard
The custodians of Castle Howard are considering whether to offer high-end hospitality packages next year. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Laurence Olivier’s elderly Lord Marchmain in Brideshead Revisited died in it and a pair of hot young newlywed aristocrats in Bridgerton made out in it.

Now someone with deep pockets may be able to occupy that same 18th-century canopy bed at Castle Howard. In the morning they might take breakfast in a room with Canaletto paintings on the wall and Meissen plates on which to butter their toast.

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