Filming brochure

FILMING AT
HATFIELD HOUSE
Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL9 5NQ
www.hatfield-house.co.uk
Some of the productions filmed at Hatfield House include:
Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of Apes (1984)
Batman (1989)
Orlando (1992)
The Avengers (1998)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Band of Brothers (2001)
Tomb Raider (2001)
The Importance of Being Ernest (2002)
To Kill a King (2003)
Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)
Vanity Fair (2004)
The Libertine (2004)
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Batman Begins (2005)
The New World (2005)
V for Vendetta (2005)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Get Him to The Greek (2010)
Clash of the Titans (2010)
The King’s Speech (2010)
Agatha Christie’s Poirot - Hallowe’en Party (2010)
Agatha Christie’s Marple - The Secret of Chimneys (2010)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011)
My Week with Marilyn (2011)
Sherlock Holmes - A Game of Shadows (2011)
Anna Karenina (2012)
The World’s End (2013)
47 Ronin (2013)
Introduction
Hatfield House is the home of the 7th Marquess and Marchioness of Salisbury and their family. The Estate has been in
the Cecil family for over 400 years.
Its stunning gardens and parkland have been used as a location for many exciting feature films, television series and
documentaries over the years. Its impressive architecture and wonderful scenery provides a stunning setting for filming,
from period dramas to factual documentaries and modern feature films.
For film makers
Hatfield House is a popular choice for productions and is close to Pinewood, Leavesden and Elstree studios, with
their excellent production facilities. We offer privacy, flexibility and experienced teams to help you make the most of
your time with us. In addition to offering one of the finest Jacobean Houses in England, and the Tudor Old Palace,
childhood home of Elizabeth I, we have a beautiful 42 acre garden, planted for year round colour.
Estate
Extensive country Estate; private roads and estate tracks and farmland; meadows and paddocks, ancient trees and mixed
woodland; formal lawned gardens and parterres, topiary and borders; wildflower meadow and shrubbery; yew maze;
Elizabethan knot garden; vegetable garden; ornamental lake; private river frontage.
Buildings
Farm buildings; modern and period cottages and houses; Victorian estate offices; adjoining 12th century church,
Real tennis court.
Jacobean House, with sumptuous state rooms:
Book-lined library; armoury; fine staircases and fireplaces; dining room; chandeliers; tapestries and furnishings;
Victorian kitchen with working period features.
Modern Restaurant and retail units.
Facilities
Contemporary oak-beamed conference centre; meeting and conference facilities; prestigious on-site catering; 24 hour
security; unlimited parking; luxury 5 star hotels within easy reach; wide choice of mid-range accommodation nearby.
Connections
•Situated in Hertfordshire, just 21 miles north of London
•London Kings Cross, 25 minutes - entrance opposite station
•5 mins - A1 junction 4.
•15 minutes M25, M1 motorways
•Air - London Heathrow 45 mins, London Stansted 40 mins, Luton 30 minutes
•Private helicopter landing on site
If you would like to arrange a location visit, please call Cherise Fairman on 01707 287052 / 07769 534524 or email
[email protected]
In addition, we have properties in central London and Cranborne, Dorset which may be available for film crews.
The House
In 1611, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury built his fine Jacobean House adjoining the site of the Old Palace of Hatfield. The
House was splendidly decorated for entertaining the Royal Court, with State Rooms rich in paintings, fine furniture and tapestries.
Superb examples of Jacobean craftsmanship can be seen throughout Hatfield House such as the Grand Staircase with its fine
carving and the rare stained glass window in the private chapel.
The Marble Hall
With its wonderfully extravagant oak carving by John Bucke, the Marble Hall remains much as Robert Cecil built it in 1611.
Sometimes used as a dining room, it would have been used to entertain guests with lavish banquets, dances and masques.
The Grand Staircase
This elaborately carved staircase, dating from 1611, is one of
the finest examples of its kind in existence. The gates at the
bottom of the stairs were put there to stop the dogs of the
household reaching the state rooms and bedrooms.
King James Drawing Room
This has always been the principal reception room in the
House. It takes its name from the life-size statue of James
I, presented by the King himself, which stands above the
mantelpiece.
The Long Gallery
The Winter Dining Room
The Long Gallery runs the entire length of the South Front,
having been lengthened to 170 feet (51.8 m) in 1781. The
ceiling, originally white, was covered with gold leaf by the 2nd
Marquess who was impressed by a gold ceiling seen in Venice.
Two rooms were made into the dining room in the 1780s. The
chimneypiece is carved in marble and the tapestries of the Four
Seasons show scenes of the everyday life of the 17th century in
spring, summer, autumn and winter.
The Library
Adam & Eve Staircase
Formed in about 1782, most of the chairs were made for the
room in that year and have only recently been re-covered. The
windows overlook the West Garden and Old Palace.
The name of the staircase goes back to the late 18th century.
Although the staircase is 17th century, most of the carved
panelling on the walls was introduced in the 19th century.
The Armoury
Victorian Kitchen
The Armoury began as an open loggia in the Italian
Renaissance style. In 1834 the windows were filled in and the
marble floor laid. Most of the armour was purchased from the
Tower of London in the middle of the 19th century.
This room forms the centre of a series of basement rooms.
The Kitchen, Still Room, Pastry Room and Scullery have been
restored back to 1846, the year in which Queen Victoria made
her first visit to Hatfield House.
East Garden
The East Garden consists of the seventeenth century ‘New Pond’, elegant parterres, topiary, box beds and kitchen garden. The yew
maze was created in 1840 and is 8 feet tall with two entrances, one each side.
The West Garden
The garden dates from the early 17th century and consists of the west parterre and lime walk, woodland garden and sundial garden
and holly walk.
The Tudor Old Palace & Garden
The Old Palace was built in about 1485 and originally formed a quadrangle around a central courtyard. Its garden is based upon
Elizabethan patterns and consists of three knots and a foot maze.
Real Tennis Court (above), Stable Yard (below)
Riding School (above), Restaurant interior (below)
Red Brick Bridge
The Broadwater
St Etheldreda’s Church
View across Hatfield Park Farm
Hatfield House exteriors - North Front (above), South Front (below)