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==== Locations ==== {{Multiple image | direction = vertical |width = 250 |image1 = Saltram House - geograph.org.uk - 1096719.jpg |image2 = Bridleway by Efford House, 1996-geograph-3391607.jpg |caption2 = Above: [[Saltram House]], a [[National Trust]] property, stood in for Norland Park<br />Below: Efford House in Holbeton was used as Barton Cottage}} Production of ''Sense and Sensibility'' was scheduled for fifty-eight days, though this was eventually extended to sixty-five.{{sfn|Thompson|1995|p=209}} Filming commenced in mid-April 1995 at a number of locations in [[Devon]], beginning with [[Saltram House]] (standing in for Norland Park),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/jun/07/sense-sensibility-saltram-walking-guide |title=The Sense and Sensibility estate, Saltram House, Devon |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=7 June 2009 |access-date=17 August 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203163838/http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/jun/07/sense-sensibility-saltram-walking-guide |archive-date= 3 February 2014 }}</ref>{{sfn|Higson|2011|p=149}} where Winslet and Jones shot the first scene of the production: when their characters read about Barton Cottage.{{sfn|Thompson|1995|pp=215, 217β19}} As Saltram was a [[National Trust]] property, Schamus had to sign a contract before production began, and staff with the organisation remained on set to carefully monitor the filming. Production later returned to shoot several more scenes, finishing there on 29 April.{{sfn|Thompson|1995|pp=215, 217, 222, 226β27}} The second location of filming, [[Flete House]], stood in for part of Mrs. Jennings' London estate, where Edward first sees Elinor with Lucy.{{sfn|Voigts-Virchow|2004|p=11}}{{sfn|Thompson|1995|p=224}} Representing Barton Cottage was a Flete Estate stone cottage called Efford House in [[Holbeton]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flete.co.uk/portfolio-item/efford-house-new/|title=Efford House | Flete Holiday Cottages|access-date=19 October 2021|archive-date=6 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506084043/https://www.flete.co.uk/portfolio-item/efford-house-new/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://hookedonhouses.net/2010/01/10/sense-sensibility-barton-cottage/|title = Barton Cottage from the 1995 Movie "Sense and Sensibility"|date = 10 January 2010|access-date = 16 August 2021|archive-date = 16 August 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210816224853/https://hookedonhouses.net/2010/01/10/sense-sensibility-barton-cottage/|url-status = live}}</ref> which Thompson called "one of the most beautiful spots we've ever seen."{{sfn|Thompson|1995|p=233}} Early May saw production at the "exquisite" [[St Mary's Church, Berry Pomeroy|St Mary's Church]] in [[Berry Pomeroy]] for the final wedding scene.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2433499/Weddings-fall-at-Sense-and-Sensibility-church-after-bells-break.html |title=Weddings fall at Sense and Sensibility church after bells break |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |first=Nick |last=Britten |date=18 July 2010 |access-date=18 August 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128152230/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2433499/Weddings-fall-at-Sense-and-Sensibility-church-after-bells-break.html |archive-date=28 January 2014 }}</ref>{{sfn|Thompson|1995|p=230}} From the tenth to the twelfth of May, Marianne's first rescue sequence, depicting her encounter with Willoughby, was shot. Logistics were difficult, as the scene was set upon a hill during a rainy day.{{sfn|Thompson|1995|pp=235β37}} Lee shot around fifty [[take]]s, with the actors becoming soaked under rain machines; this led to Winslet eventually collapsing from [[hypothermia]].{{sfn|Mills|2009|p=70}}{{sfn|Thompson|Doran|1995|loc=6:15β6:25}} Further problems occurred midway through filming, when Winslet contracted [[phlebitis]] in her leg, developed a limp, and sprained her wrist after falling down a staircase.{{sfn|Thompson|1995|pp=261β62}} From May to July, production took place at a number of other National Trust estates and stately homes across England. [[Trafalgar House (Wiltshire)|Trafalgar House]] and [[Wilton House]] in Wiltshire stood in for the grounds of Barton Park and the London Ballroom respectively. [[Mompesson House]], an eighteenth-century townhouse located in [[Salisbury]], represented Mrs. Jennings' sumptuous townhouse. Sixteenth-century [[Montacute House]] in [[Somerset]] was the setting for the Palmer estate of Cleveland House.{{sfn|Thompson|1995|pp=286β87}} Further scenes were shot at [[Compton Castle]] in Devon (Mr Willoughby's estate)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-global/w-localtoyou/w-devoncornwall/w-devoncornwall-places/w-devoncornwall-places-otherspecialplaces.htm |title=Other special places to visit |publisher=[[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty]] |access-date=18 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905034114/http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-global/w-localtoyou/w-devoncornwall/w-devoncornwall-places/w-devoncornwall-places-otherspecialplaces.htm |archive-date= 5 September 2011 }}</ref> and at the [[National Maritime Museum]] in [[Greenwich]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/jul/10/3d-film-festival-greenwich-indian |title=This week's new film events |work=[[The Guardian]] |first=Steve |last=Rose |date=10 July 2010 |access-date=18 August 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128161508/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/jul/10/3d-film-festival-greenwich-indian |archive-date=28 January 2014 }}</ref>
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