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Current Talk '24 I / Re: It's official: Dark Shadows returns as a film with Johnny Depp
« on: April 25, 2011, 07:52:39 AM »
The problem with looking for a house in Great Britain with American character is that it would probably fall into two styles: Georgian or Federal (which was known as Adam in GB) - and frankly, the exteriors of both styles are boring and nothing most of us would associate with a house such as Collinwood. The interiors do have a great deal of character, but neither would be Gothic - and the one thing we do know about Collinwood in the Depp/DS film is that it has "a huge Gothic entrance hall" because such a set has been built at Pinewood studios. So, one needs to find architectural styles in Great Britain whose interiors would feature such an entrance hall. Tudor Gothic houses would, and perhaps a couple other styles. But the thing is most if not all are going to look like English castles, or at least English manor houses like:
Halsway Manor
or
Levens Hall
Halsway Manor
or
Levens Hall