Exploring Harlaxton Manor Stately Home at Christmas 

In 1971 I was a senior at the University of Evansville and editor of the student newspaper. The editor of the student yearbook and I were invited to attend and cover the formal dedication ceremony at Harlaxton Manor when U of E first leased this property. In our roles, we were afforded unrestricted access to the entire manor and grounds and expected to provide photographs and coverage of the event for the main campus in Indiana. More than 52 years later it absolutely remains one of the greatest memories of my life. The magnificence, the extensive and intricate workmanship, the breathtaking splendor, and the sheer size of the manor simply cannot be properly quantified or overstated. Thank you SO MUCH for this video that brings back warm and wonderful memories of my visit to Harlaxton Manor!

It's so hard to believe anyone calling this a house. Thank you so much for showcasing such an amazing place

Brilliant tour done! What a fantastic house. Thanks so much your film was just smashing,and your voice informing, calm and really interesting. I’d never heard of this house. It’s very ornate and stunning architecture. Thank you so much for taking us around. I don’t get out much at all these days so it’s really great to be able to see the places b watching your films! 💐💫

Just the gate house at the beginning alone. Spectacular!

The grandest most remarkable home I have ever seen in my life. Thank you mate

Many thanks for the wonderful tour! So delightful! Thank you for giving us this grand time touring the Lucious Harlaxton Manor country house in Lincolnshire!

I will be grateful to you for life, truly since I saw haunthing in 1999, an obsession grew to know this palace, and the way you toured the place is just how I would have wanted to do it, thank you for making my dream come true, greetings from Hermosillo Mexico., hugs

Awesome incredible, fantastic. Thank you for sharing.

Unbelievable such a wonderful place , everything the garden the architecture so incredible beautiful , thanks for the tour.

Some pile that! Thanks for the tour; it was grand!

Thank you, Adam. I attended Harlaxton College in 1990. My wife enjoyed seeing your tour. Thank you so much. Many blessings.

Now I know why the University of Evansville's main campus in Indiana is so depressing and need of attention! Most of their funds are going to lease this manor! 1 yr at the main campus is $40,000 and is a private university! Not gonna lie though, I would love to spend a semester at this campus in England!

It's incredible. The house might qualify as the heaviest house in the world. The tons of stone, plaster and wood that went into this pile. It does everything its own way and it does it so well.

A true masterpiece • incredible awesome. I would very much, love to be there.

Thanks for showing what i failed to access in 2017. I ve been a bit obsessed with this place since i saw it in the haunting film with liam neeson and zeta jones. It is near belvoir castle and isaac newtons home and st wolframs cathedral in grantham and stoke rochford hall which is similar. You can visit all in one go

Glad you had a wonderful time visiting Harlaxton Manor! I'm very lucky in that I live up the road, so get to visit it often. You really must come back in the future as plans have been approved to restore the walled garden and greenhouses and add a visitor centre for non-academic periods. The more people visiting Harlaxton, the better this gem of English history can be preserved for the future of the Nation. The University of Evansville have been great stewards of the estate thus far, but there's still a lot of decay around the property (especially the Lion Terrace, which was only restored in the early 2000's), so hopefully all these plans will work out well in the future.

Also in the movie 🎥The Haunting , with Liam Neison, Catherine Z Jones , Lily Taylor, Owen Wilson, story .Hugh Crane built the home for his wife, , the real character is s the house, go watch The Haunting , you would love it too, like I do!

The conservatory is beautiful as are the gardens & follies - good video!

thanks so much for sharing,this house is amazing England is very beautiful !!!! greetings from Mexico city!!!

In the series about queen Victoria this stately home was used as proxy for the chateau of Eu in Normandy,France in the scene where the British queen visited France and met up with king Louis Phillipe.

I live near Grantham. Harlaxton is lovely. My husband work company had there Christmas parties there.

The grounds are beautiful! The main house gives me Gormenghast vibes. Thanks, Adam!

I see this house in The Haunting! I can't believe that seeing it here on your channel

Good use of the house looks alive and vibrant 👍🇬🇧🇺🇲

Very informative tour. Thank you.

THANKS - You documented it so well - thanks - knew of this building but now I KNOW of this building.

Thanks for the up load, fascinating !! Hard to believe that one person called that home.

Stunningly lovely. Thank you.....

Thank you for touring and sharing this amazing manor/castle..I would have never been able to seen the fine details of this magnificent place if you hadn't made this video..thank you for sharing!

Thank you so much. I live nearby Harlaxton and always wondered what it was like inside. I had totally forgotten it was open to the public for a couple of days. So, I’m very happy I stumbled across your very informative video x🎄

Thanks so much for the tour!

I visited the gardens in the summer 2022 open day, they looked stunning in the sunshine!

Thanks, Adam. New sub here. That’s indeed sensational! Those ceiling made me gasp! WOW!

Amazing tour, I've just subscribed. Can't wait to binge watch all your other vids

Wow, how have I never heard of this place? It is really incredible. Lovely job filming and sharing all this, as usual.

Thank you so much! This was just spectacular! Simply breathtaking inside, not much for the outside, but inside is amazing!

Brilliant! Ty. Merry Christmas 👍

This makes the Biltmore House in Asheville, NC look like a cottage.

A true treasure; amazing ! ❤😊

Thank you for showing us this beautiful estate! Merry Christmas from the Isle of Capri! 🌲🎅🌲🎅🌲🎅🌲🎅🌲

Thank you for this. The only thing I knew was it was the location for The Haunting of Hill House 😊

I came here because of the movie “the haunting.” With Catherine zeta jones and Liam Neeson. It’s based off the book by Shirley Jackson “the haunting of the hill house.

What a fantastic place. Nice to see a local to me (I'm a Brummie) doing something like this. Loved that you picked up on the details that a visitor might miss. Thank you for a fabulous tour😊

thanks so much ❣

I am well impressed with you. Every little detail I wanted to see and know about you paused and explained. Calm, sensible and sensitive a real pleasure to watch and learn. That covered railway was a belter, made me sit up and want more! Great job mate, thank you

Awesome video mate

Thank you for this I’m going to watch all your videos. I’m an armchair traveler did my first trip out of the United States across the Atlantic, with my sister, about a month ago on the Viking cruise on the rain. I would love to see other countries, but I don’t think I’m an international traveler lol thank you for your attention to detail And merry Christmas.

Wow this place is amazing. Wish i had seen it when i lived an hour away. Great tour.👍☘️🎉👍

Wow. I live in Evansville, IN and my mother graduated from UE.

Great tour. Were any movies filmed here?

Great video! I didn't know the house was occasionally open to the public, I will have to visit in 2024.

Great video. I am an alumni of UE with my MA in Humanities (European Studies). I toured Harlaxton about 35 years ago, when I was Scottish Editor at Burke's Peerage. One night at UE's library I discussed Harlaxton and old manor houses and castles in the UK with the late Dr. Wallace Graves. Harlaxton was basically donated to UE by a childhood friend of my father. Harlaxton is known as the best overseas university campus in the United Kingdom. Tim Alexander (Earl of Stirling)

its the castle used for the film 'The haunting'

Fascinating and informative! Many thanks. New subscriber!

Wow.. one of the most clear and well detailed video which i ever seen till now... wonderful.. thanks for this excellent content.. lots of love from India....

Hello, I don't believe you were aware that you caught Sasquatch on your video, I thought I saw something in the hedges on your left on the highway. I put the setting to 2160p then on .25 omg and zoomed into the hedges. so many are very very visible, you might want to check it out. I took screenshots but couldn't find an Email to send them to. Just saying. Wow, I was not aware you had them there. From 0:04- 0:42 At 0:04 you can see the first two. After checking again they are in the hedges on the right as well. 👍🏽

You guys drive on the opposite side of the road than we do here in America.

This beautiful home has been used in some movies.

36:22 Did you know that a marble bust of Gregory Gregory used to stand on the plinth that the Jesuit priest is currently on? Nobody knows where the bust is as it was never included in any bill of sale. I'm absolutely obsessed with the missing bust. I hope it is still out there somewhere, and that it'll return to the manor one day. It would be the only true, known image of GG, other than the 'maybe' portrait in the detail of the stairs.

So they only allowed you to see the entry and three rooms, plus the basement? What a shame.

I would like to go to college there.

I knew a Librarian who named her son Ward Ward.

Excellently presented. Your humble voice, and your care in showing every detail and even the behinds….the lovely statuary, canal, and Lions from Clumber Park….sadly torn down by the Owner to deter taxes. Thank Goodness the chapel Parish Church is still there. Harlaxton is the definition of a pile. I wonder what the moslums will do when they’ve overcome England? ……who would rule this wicke’d world?…..

This place is not normally open to the public. Its current or last tenant is an obscure American University.

The exterior will always be the house from 1999's The Haunting.

For those curious about Gregory Gregory's name, Wikipedia has an entry on Harlaxton Manor. In summary, Gregory was originally named Gregory Williams. Gregory was a family name and when he inherited the Manor, he was required to adopt the Gregory surname. Hence, Gregory Williams becomes Gregory Gregory. You can see by my account name why this interests me. I wish I could report to you that my name came to me as a result of the requirements of inheriting property. Alas, that is not the case. The Wiki entry has other details about the family tree worth reading. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlaxton_Manor

Is this where the haunting was filmed?

As an American I cannot believe the quantity of HUGE gilded age and beyond "homes" you have in the UK. Arent ya'll needing more space? 😮

Your voice sounds exactly the same as Griff from the Ouija Brothers RU-vid channel

Why is it they fly an American flag alongside the Union Jack.

What is going on with this house?! Granted, I might know, if I were to unmute the video and stop the beautiful 1930's music I'm playing on a 2nd RU-vid page, but I just cannot. The music is too good. Now, from what I can tell, it appears this home has been lovingly, restored, by possibly, a Neuvo riche American. Of course, this is purely conjecture, on my part, and is based solely, on the sight of that American flag flying out front and the rather, ahum (clearing throat), skimpy, flimsy looking (and too new for the period), light fixtures. So, does anyone know what is going on? ...and don't even get me started on that University junk they have in there! I see now, by glancing up at the prelude, there is some mention of The University of Evansville (of all places). This is all over the map and why haven't I ever heard of, or seen such an interesting place??? Upon first sight, it looked grander than Buckingham Palace!

Ostentatious!!!

Feio por fora e bonito por dentro

Ce lieu est magnifique. Mon seul souci réside dans le bruit irrespectueux que font tous ces gens qui visitent ces lieux chargés d'Histoire et de sérénité. Cela s'entend dans cette vidéo, c est juste insupportable. C'est dommage. Je n'irai jamais dans ces lieux ouverts au "public"

This manor is huge and splendid but it is not my taste. Too heavy plasters.

DID ELIZABETH 11 EVER VISIT HERE?

look at that a empty house there and here in america cant even get a house here or better yet a decent car with ac heat running inaqcaute as a american citizen of a father whom served the USA military

BEYOND MIND BOGGLING. I daresay, even though I am the farthest thing from a historic English country home expert, this house is astoundingly overdone. The amount of extreme ornamentation throughout SO much of it is dizzying.

The Empire of EVIL. NEMESIS is coming soon.......

Thank you, Adam. I attended Harlaxton College in 1990. My wife enjoyed seeing your tour. Thank you so much. Many blessings.

Try heating that place in an English winter. Living in it would be like living in city hall.