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We Build LEGO Downton Abbey, a Stately Set That's Worthy of the Crawley Name

I like Julian Fellowes’ current HBO show The Gilded Age just fine, with its American characters’ focus on social striving and entrepreneurial success. But I suspect I'll always prefer Fellowes’ previous show, Downton Abbey. It’s a British historical drama that takes place as the era of landed aristocracy evolves into a more modern, fluid class structure. With its enormous cast of characters you want to root for – both the aristocratic Crawleys as well as the servants – watching Downton Abbey is like a warm hug.

I’ve seen the full run of Downton Abbey more than once – I’m talking all six seasons of the show, plus the three follow-up movies. I even recently bought the Ultimate Legacy Collection, which means another rewatch is likely in the near future (after the fourth season of The Gilded Age concludes, anyway).

During the hundred-plus hours I’ve spent in the company of the Crawleys and co., I’ve become intimately familiar with the rooms and architecture of the massive building of the title.

Downton Abbey is where the series’ massive cast of characters live and work. It’s where they clash with each other and make up (or don’t). It’s where they get sick and die (or get better). It’s where they fret about money, or get sent off to war, or make major life decisions that will affect their futures. It’s where they live their eventful early 20th-century lives.

The fictional building Downton Abbey is based on (and often filmed at) the very real Highclere Castle , which was built in 1679 in southern England.


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