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This location had it all, angry rocks looking like shark fins, a broken down harbour and the perfect spot to build the boat house, the scene of the final denouement. Always a plus, this location had good access, very accommodating land owners and a great pub to shelter from the weather Having found this, the search for Manderley began. In the end, the production used eight locations to create twenty or so sets' in the houses and grounds. These locations wereHatfield House, Mapperton House, Petworth, Osterley Park, Cranborne Manor, Ham House, Loseley Park and Waddesdon Manor. I took heart that it required thirteen houses for en Adams and Stanley ubrick to create their house in Barry Lyndon, they called it a igsaw. I would often cite this to anxious producers Coupled with this were a few builds, the interior of the boat house and the west wing, Rebecca's suite of rooms in Manderley, which were built and shot in a disused warehouse in Wembley. Rebecca's rooms were enormous fun to create, the iconic titular dead woman's character, seen through the eyes of all three protagonists, Mrs. Danvers, Max de Winter and the second Mrs. de Winter. Rebecca was everything the second Mrs. de Winter wasn't. Her style was to intimidate and to be admired. She was the doyen of high society, part of the fast set, represented by Cecil Beaton, Rex Whistler, Stephen Tennant. Aristocrats who believed they were above the normal way D. COVE SHIPWRECK. E. MANDERLEY BALLROOM MODEL. F. BALLROOM. DRESSED LOCATION. G. BALLROOM MURAL DETAIL. D E F G