Stately home to shut for major filming project

An unnamed streaming platform is taking over Chatsworth House for five days

A stately home in Derbyshire is to close to the public for five days for filming.

An unnamed “major online streaming platform” will be using Chatsworth House as a location for a new series.

To accommodate what Chatsworth House Trust has called “a large and complex project”, the house will be in use from 22-26 July.

The “significant income” from the use of Chatsworth, near Bakewell, will support essential conservation work including the restoration of the Cascade, which is currently switched off awaiting a £7m repair project.

The Cascade at Chatsworth is in desperate need of repairs

No further details of the series being shot or the streaming platform behind it have been released.

In a message to supporters, Chatsworth House Trust said: “Although this project will benefit the charity, helping us to look after Chatsworth for visitors to enjoy, it will mean that we must close the house for the five days of filming.

“We would like to apologise for any inconvenience or disappointment this may cause, and can assure you that the decision to close the house was not taken lightly.

“We are incredibly grateful to you for your essential support and we hope you will agree that this is a worthwhile project, as well as looking forward to seeing Chatsworth on the small screen.”

While Chatsworth House will be closed, the garden, farmyard and playground, Stables gift shop, restaurants, farm shop and parkland will be open as normal.

Visitors to the Peak District property are asked to be aware crews may be carrying out preparatory work in the run-up to the closure.

Keira Knightley came to Chatsworth to film The Duchess

The filming is not the first time Chatsworth has provided the backdrop for TV and film productions.

2010’s The Wolfman starring Anthony Hopkins and Benico del Toro was filmed over five weeks at the Derbyshire estate.

Keira Knightley starred in both a production of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice shot at Chatsworth in 2005, and The Duchess, filmed in 1998.

And in 2014, Chatsworth was used in BBC drama Peaky Blinders.

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