Talk:Longleat

Maze Picture

Why is the picture not showing? Flutefluteflute 17:39, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Contradiction

The lede states:

The house was built by Sir John Thynne and was designed mainly by Robert Smythson...

but the second paragraph of the first section states:

Adrian Gaunt, Alan Maynard, Robert Smythson, the Earl of Hertford and Humpfrey Lovell all contributed to the new building but most of the design was Sir John's work.

These two statements directly contradict each other. Which is it: was most of the design by Smythson or by Thynn? They cannot both be true, and neither statement is backed by a cited source. 12.233.147.42 (talk) 02:04, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

File:Longleat House 2012.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Longleat House 2012.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on January 16, 2016. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2016-01-16. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:23, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

Picture of the day

Longleat is an English stately home and the seat of the Marquesses of Bath. Built in the 16th century by Sir John Thynne and was designed by Robert Smythson, it is a leading and early example of the Elizabethan prodigy house. The house is set in 1,000 acres (400 ha) of parkland landscaped by Capability Brown, with 4,000 acres (1,600 ha) of let farmland and 4,000 acres (1,600 ha) of woodland, which includes a Center Parcs holiday village. It was the first stately home to open to the public, and also claims the first safari park outside Africa.Photograph: W. Lloyd MacKenzie

Movie appearance

The 1973 horror film "Blue Blood" starring Oliver Reed is set entirely at Longleat. Both exterior and interior scenes were shot on location, and Derek Jacobi's character, a promiscuous upper-class hippie, is shown supposedly painting the controversial Kama Sutra mural actually painted by the 7th Marquess, on whom the character is obviously based. The estate is featured so prominently that in places the movie looks like a very long advert, especially the scenes showing the safari park, which has no bearing whatsoever on the plot. It's not a particularly well known film, probably because it isn't very good, but since Longleat appears in literally every scene, doesn't it deserve a mention? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.141.179.208 (talk) 20:25, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Probably not. KJP1 (talk) 06:15, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Rework

This, rather list-like, article definitely needs some work. I'll have a go over the next days/weeks. Any concerns/issues can be discussed here. KJP1 (talk) 06:15, 28 August 2023 (UTC)