London (PRWEB UK) 20 September 2014
With series five of posh period drama Downton Abbey hitting UK screens, fans are becoming invited to live like a lord or lady on their own stately getaway.

Holiday home specialist Owners Direct has picked some of its premium nation mansions where fans of the hit ITV show can turn back the clock and play master and servant, whether or not upstairs or down.

The official trailer for the new series – starring Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith and Jim Carter – is brimming with burning passion and saucy secrets as we catch up with the Crawley household in 1920s Britain.

These upper-class houses accessible for rent with Owners Direct promise just as a lot excitement and drama for an aristocratic weekend away with close friends or family members.

Prime ten Downton Abbey Experiences

Symondsbury Manor in Dorset has attracted a large number of celebrities for weekend home parties. The home is decorated in an interestingly eclectic and colourful style with a large collection of art, hand printed wallpapers and Designers Guild fabrics. The huge, sixty feet long living room overlooks the stunning gardens, and five of the bedrooms feature 4-poster beds. The location had turn out to be well-known as a ‘foodie’ heaven with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Mark Hix’s restaurants in the instant vicinity. Rates start off from around £6,370 for a seven-evening rental sleeps up to 23 folks in 12 bedrooms.

Buckland Property is a Grade II mansion set in 280 acres of gardens and woodland in rural Devon. The magnificent mansion offers splendid accommodation which includes a two-storey gallery ballroom, impressive staircase, Tudor sitting space and library. Many original functions stay with decorative fireplaces and pillared porticos. The grounds feature a lake with coarse fish and an outside swimming pool. Costs begin from about £3,600 for a seven-night rental sleeps up to 30 individuals in 15 bedrooms.

River Hall sits high above Bideford Bay, set in best parkland and deep inside the Devon dream. Effortlessly sophisticated, warm and welcoming, the house sleeps 22 with room for a couple of a lot more young children, and further guests in the coach residence. There’s oodles of downstairs space to get pleasure from, entertain and escape in, like a country kitchen with all the mod cons and a spectacular dining area for elegant eating. Prices begin from around £3,300 for a seven-evening rental sleeps up to 30 people in 15 bedrooms.

Middleham House is a charming 18th century Georgian manor in Yorkshire, set in 3 acres of private walled garden and situated in the heart of picturesque Middleham. The house delivers a tranquil setting, while minutes’ stroll from nearby restaurants, pubs, galleries and shops. Recently refurbished to a high standard, the home retains its original artworks and antiques, however delivers the most recent modern facilities. The charm and atmosphere of the property reflects its two hundred years of family members history and provides guests the authentic sophisticated English private country residence expertise. Rates start off from about £2,518 for a seven-night rental sleeps up to 21 individuals in 10 bedrooms.

Fairfield House has been renovated from a derelict state to offer boutique accommodation in Stanhope, Weardale, County Durham, on the Coast two Coast cycle route. The interior is styled with a classic yet modern design and style, with a big games area, open-plan sitting and dining space with views across the front gardens and a small snug with bar. The exterior boasts an all-climate tennis court and a hot tub, and the small town is a handful of minutes’ stroll and has a assortment of shops and pubs. Costs start from about £2,199 for a seven-night rental sleeps up to 16 individuals in eight bedrooms.

Regency Estate in the heart of Norfolk near Thetford Forest is a classical mansion sprawling over 24 acres of prime parkland. As well as the 16 bedrooms, there is a grand entrance hall with marble fireplace, drawing space, tea space, dining space and garden space. Downstairs there is a games area whilst the house also has a heated swimming pool and hot tub. Costs begin from £6,500 for a seven-evening stay sleeping 28 folks in the primary property and two cottages (with a third getting accessible from January 2015).

The Hall is set in beautiful grounds near Belford in Northumberland. With 10 bedrooms, most with en-suites, a choice of sumptuous sitting locations with open fires, a formal dining room complemented by two kitchens, a games space and elegant orangery. Outdoors, guests at The Hall will appreciate a terrace with furniture and BBQ, and the in depth grounds with lawns, woodland and lakes. Rates start from around £3,785 for a seven-evening rental sleeps up to 24 folks in ten bedrooms.

Bryn Tanat Hall is an sophisticated nation retreat in Llansantffraid ym Mechain, Powys. Personally run by a family members, the Hall dates back to the late 17th Century and has a long established reputation as 1 of the greatest country homes providing luxury group accommodation in North Wales. Set in 14 acres of landscaped gardens, parkland and woodland, the hall characteristics sumptuous fireplaces, a infant grand piano and a well-stocked library as effectively as modern day touches like WiFi and a hot tub. Costs start from around £3,000 for a seven-night rental sleeps up to 24 men and women in 12 bedrooms.

Northmoor is a sensitively restored house in Exmoor National Park, Somerset, small altered considering that Victorian occasions and retaining a lot of original functions, such as servants bells and the butler’s bath stowed in a cupboard. The billiards space, along with table tennis, darts and table football supply lots of indoor entertainment. A disabled access bathroom and bedroom on the ground floor, and no methods throughout the ground floor, imply that Northmoor can be enjoyed by all. Rates start off from about £3,600 for a seven-evening rental sleeps up to 24 individuals in 13 bedrooms.

Sibton Park is one particular of East Anglia’s hidden architectural gems, nestled in the rolling landscape of the Yox Valley, rural Suffolk. The graceful mansion property is surrounded by 350 acres of its own private grounds and is element of a thriving estate. The estate delivers a wide variety of nation pursuits like a renowned driven game shoot, course fishing and a 27-hole golf course. The home has exquisite reception rooms on the ground floor, including a dining room seating 24 and a lovely drawing space with hand-painted wallpaper. Prices start off from about £4,000 for a seven-evening rental sleeps up to 24 folks in 12 bedrooms.

Series 5 of Downton Abbey begins on Sunday 21 September, 9pm, ITV1.





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