Which stately home was used for Rosings Park in the 1995 British television drama 'Pride and Prejudice'?

Fans of Jane Austen (1775-1817) or Colin Firth (b. 1960) may recognise Belton House, particularly the bed in the Blue Bedroom from the 1995 British television drama 'Pride and Prejudice'. The production team used Belton House as the filming location for Rosings Park, the home of Mr. Darcy’s aunt, and the Blue Bedroom as Darcy’s private rooms. The series was adapted from Jane Austen's 1813 novel of the same name.

Belton House is a Carolean-style country house near Grantham, Lincolnshire, that belonged to the Brownlow family and their heirs for three centuries. Now owned by the National Trust, Belton House is surrounded by parkland and formal gardens.

The Brownlow family purchased the Belton estate in 1609 for £4,100 (£11.4 million today), agreeing that the previous owners could live in the small manor house until their deaths. Unfortunately, the Pakenham’s lost a lot of money and could not afford to remain in their home, so sold the house to Richard Brownlow (1553-1638), the Chief Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas. When Richard died, the Belton estate was passed down to his son, Sir John Brownlow (1590-1679), and continued to pass down to the male heirs until 1978, when the final owner sold it to the National Trust.

As well as Belton House and gardens, the National Trust purchased the surrounding park, which is home to a herd of around 300 fallow deer. They are direct descendants of the wild herd that lived there in 1690.