The campground.
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Fitswilliam Darcy. AKA Colin Firth. AKA Mr. Adina Filipoi.
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One of the many grand bedrooms. (Photos were not permitted inside, but our covert operations were minimally employed.)
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The Dutch Garden.
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The real Mr. Adina Filipoi.
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The rose garden.
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Adina always stops to smell the roses--especially here.
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The conservatory.
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This is pretty close to the shot in the movie.
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Something close to the "movie view." The scaffolding on the right wing of the builing made the real movie view a bit less grand.
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A bird enjoys the view from the weather vane on top of the stables.
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This fuzzy cow was one of the extras in the movie.
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The grounds includes a deer park, which had a variety of deer and many fawns.
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Looking back toward the house from the deer park.
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A parked deer.
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Looking out into the deer park. The entire grounds is over 1400 acres.
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Looking back through the same row of beautiful, tall trees leading to the back of the house.
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The house with The Cage (a hunting observation post / banquet hall / prison for poachers) on the hill in the background.
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Up and over a stone wall while walking the grounds.
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We walked up to The Lantern, an observation point and a kind of "weather tower" (if it could be seen from the house, it was declared to be a clear day).
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Adina entering The Lantern.
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Sight lines were cut between all of the outbuildings. Here is the view through the window of The Lantern over to The Cage.
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We confidently declared it a clear day.
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