Netflix drama House of Guinness filmed at Penrhyn Castle in Bangor

A neo-Norman fortress in north Wales has grow to be host to the Guinness household residence in a brand new Netflix drama.

Despite being set in nineteenth Century Dublin and New York, the House of Guinness captures the household’s tumultuous story throughout the partitions of Penrhyn Castle, in Bangor, Gwynedd.

The collection was first devised by Guinness heiress Ivana Lowell, and retells the triumphs and travails of her clan, the descendants of Arthur Guinness (born 1725), who first brewed the well-known Irish stout beer.

More recently known for the trend of “splitting the G”, the brewery now sells greater than 10 million glasses of Guinness world wide every day.

Starring James Norton and created by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, the interval drama is impressed by the brewery’s legacy, deciding on Penrhyn Castle for its “many parallels” with the Guinness authentic household residence, Ashford Castle, in Cong, County Mayo, Ireland.

Penrhyn Castle, in addition to remodelled Ashford Castle, have been constructed to seem older “for industrialists who made a fortune during the Victorian era”.

The story begins, nevertheless, after the dying of Sir Benjamin Guinness in 1868, the person accountable for the success of the Guinness brewery.

It follows the affect of his will on the destiny of his 4 grownup youngsters, Arthur, Edward, Anne, and Ben.

“It’s the extraordinary story of a family who happens to be the inheritors of the biggest brewery in the world,” stated Knight.

“They’re young and are given the task of taking on this incredibly successful brand,” he added.

A drama in the beginning, truth and fiction “blend together” within the collection stated Knight, which has already been in comparison with the likes of Succession, The Crown and Peaky Blinders.

Most of the filming has taken place in north Wales and England’s North West, as producers stated “very little” of Dublin nonetheless resembles the way it appeared in 1868.

Executive producer Karen Wilson stated the staff travelled the “length and breadth of Ireland and the UK” earlier than ending up within the North West, which had “stately homes and Dublin-style streets”.

Wilson stated they needed to transfer round greater than a TV manufacturing normally would.

“Places like Manchester, Liverpool, north Wales, and Yorkshire gave us what we needed,” she stated.

“I really hope we’ve done Dublin justice.”

Ceri Williams, normal supervisor for Penrhyn Castle, National Trust Cymru, stated it was “great” to host the collection which “explores wealth, class disparities and conflict, similar to the themes we explore here at Penrhyn”.

The belief’s web site says Penrhyn Castle’s “formidable architecture, opulent interiors and fine art collection lean on a long history of sugar and slate fortunes, social unrest and the longest-running industrial dispute in British history”.

Owned by the Pennant household, its says Penrhyn is a “key example of how wealth derived from slavery shaped the built environment of Wales” because it was created close by of the slate quarry they created and a port which despatched their merchandise by ships world wide.

The House of Guinness launched on Netflix on 25 September.