If you ever get a chance to experience life in an Edwardian manor house, here’s a tip: Try for a part in the upper class. “It was absolutely wonderful for the most part,” said John Olliff-Cooper, who ...

A HISTORIC York house is set to open a time capsule suite of servants’ rooms which have been left empty and untouched for almost 80 years. The National Trust’s Treasurer’s House, in Chapter House ...

PBS has released ratings information for the most recent season of hit show Downton Abbey, the British import about post-Edwardian servants and masters swanning about a country estate, and, ...

Sunday, June 10, 2018 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand —Find out what really went on behind the stately walls of the British manor house a century ago— A fascinating glimpse of life behind the velvet ...

Ellen came to the house to take over as scullery maid after not one, but two maids left because they couldn't stand the hard work and endless washing up. Her real name is Carly, but after giving her ...

Anna Olliff-Cooper appeared regal and poised in her elaborate Edwardian dress. Maybe it was residual grace from her role as lady of the manor in public television’s newest reality show. “Actually,” ...

ARLINGTON, VA – JANUARY 11, 2012 — PBS announced today that SECRETS OF THE MANOR HOUSE will premiere on January 22, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings) and will stream in its entirety ...

A SEASIDE stately home will close until next summer as work starts to turn back the clock to how it looked in 1900. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get access to ...