Highclere Castle in Hampshire was rebuilt from 1842 to 1849 by Sir Charles Barry, with interiors by Thomas Allom and a park by Capability Brown. The 3rd Earl of Carnarvon commissioned the Barry rebuild, and the 8th Earl owns the house today. The infobox gives 1679, but the text says that was when it was rebuilt as Place House. It also dates Brown's park to both 1770 and 1774 to 1777.
The article calls the style Jacobethan with Italianate elements, faced in Bath stone. It has about 300 rooms on a 5,000-acre (2,000 hectare) estate.
The British North America Act was drafted there in 1867, and Egyptian artifacts were displayed after the 1922 Tutankhamun discovery. It was the main filming location for Downton Abbey. It is a family home and public attraction with an Egyptian exhibition and gardens, open in summer and at times such as Christmas and Easter.
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