Morton, as the name of her fictitious village.įukunaga’s Jane Eyre was the latest production to film at the national park. Brontë used the name of the landlord of the George Inn, a Mr. It’s not surprising to anyone when she set Jane Eyre in Hathersage. During her stay there, she explored the moors and visited many of the houses in town. Why is the Peak District National Park playing a prominent role in Fukunaga’s Jane Eyre? Charlotte Brontë visited a Peak District’s village called Hathersage in 1845. It has three sections: The Dark Peak (high moors covered with thick, dark peat), the White Peak (with its 300-million-year-old limestone embedded with fossilized corals and other seafloor creatures), and the South West Peak (moors, woods, and pastoral valleys). The park (about the size of Greater London) has a population of around 38,000 people. It has also been used as filming location in a few other productions, including Zefferelli’s Jane Eyre. Wingfield Manor (Thornfield Hall, after the fire)īuilt by Ralph, Lord Cromwell (Treasurer to Henry VI) in 1439, the distinguished ruins of Wingfield Manor stand in perfectly for the remains of Fukunaga’s Thornfield Hall (after it’s been damaged by fire).
To learn more about Haddon Hall, here’s a map, a virtual tour of the house, and its Facebook page.ģ. Present-day Haddon Hall dates from the 12th Century to the early 17th Century, whereupon it lay dormant for over two hundred years from 1700 until the 1920s, when the 9th Duke and Duchess of Rutland restored the house and gardens, and once again made it habitable. Haddon Hall is probably the finest example of a fortified medieval manor house in existence. Haddon Hall has on its fact sheet the following: In his book 1000 Best Houses, Simon Jenkins describes Haddon Hall as “the most perfect house to survive from the middle ages.” It’s situated in the middle of the countryside of the Peak District National Park on the River Wye. Not only are the interiors of Haddon Hall perfect for Thornfield Hall, Fukunaga said the craggy rocks around the hall even has a “darker and more oppressive look”. It can feel dark and frightening, but then again, when the sun is shining on it, it’s a beautiful place.” You can get lost in Haddon Hall for hours. “One of the custodians said, ‘Like this?’ and held back a tapestry to reveal a real-life secret door. “We were walking around with custodians of the building, and said how we needed a secret door for the cast to go through,” shared Production designer Will Hughes-Jones. The hall has a lot of secrets that came in handy for filming. The mansion as is already has production value for the filming. Haddon Hall and its surroundings were the setting for Thornfield Hall.
Most recently, Haddon Hall again stars as Thornfield Hall in the latest Jane Eyre film by Fukunaga. Among them are Franco Zeffirelli’s Jane Eyre (1996), Elizabeth (1999), Pride and Prejudice (2005), The Other Boleyin Girl (2008), BBC production of Jane Eyre (2006), and our perennial favorite The Princess Bride (1987). There are other cottages for rent in the Peak District and Derbyshire area.Ī fortified medieval manor house built in the 12th Century, Haddon Hall has been used as a film location for many productions. Should the White Edge Lodge not be available, worry not. If you’re interested in booking the White Edge Lodge for your next holiday, the 2011 weekly rental rates for the Lodge average between $1000 to $2000 (U.S. There’s also an enclosed garden and enough space to park two cars. On the second level is another bedroom with three single beds. On the main floor, there’s a bedroom with a double bed and a bathroom with a roll-top bath. Even though it’s a historic building, the Lodge does have central heating, a telephone, a television, laundry facility, a dishwasher, an extra cot, and even a high chair.
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