Where was Gentleman Jack filmed? The House & all the Locations

Now back for season two, Gentleman Jack was primarily filmed in Yorkshire in England. Produced by HBO and BBC One, a section of the filming also took place in Denmark.

Set in 1832 in Halifax, West Yorkshire, the plot is inspired by the real-life of Anne Lister, who returns home after years of overseas travel.

In the story, Anne is determined to marry her female lover, heiress Ann Walker, and to reopen the coal mines to help the fate of her own family. Anne Lister, played by Suranne Jones, lived openly as a lesbian.

Some passages of the diaries containing her thoughts were coded and hidden after her death, and have been de-coded for the first time for this period drama. The manuscripts were rediscovered and decrypted in the 1980s by researcher Helena Whitbread.

Here is our almost spoiler-free guide to the filming locations of Gentleman Jack.

Anne inherited her ancestral home, Shibden Hall, a Tudor-style house located on the outskirts of Halifax.

Her diaries, written in a secret code, were hidden behind a panel in a room, where they stayed until the building became the property of the municipal authority in the 1930s.

Some interior rooms of the house, including the bedroom, were built in a studio.

Sutton Park, a gorgeous Georgian 18th-century estate located in the little village of Sutton-on-the-Forest, served to film Ann Walker’s house.
Image courtesy of BBC/HBO - Map

Some local outlets confirmed that York was the key filming location of the series.

The production recorded scenes in the courtyard at Grays Court Hotel in Minster Yard (pictured on top), and also in the nearby streets (Chapter House Street, Ogleforth), before moving on to the Treasurer’s House (lower picture).
Image courtesy of Colin Cheesman and Paul Lakin - Map

Some street scenes were shot in Little Germany in Bradford, a historic area with many neoclassical buildings from the 19th century.
Image courtesy of Tim Green - Map

The Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield’s Queen Street appears as the Rawsons Bank in the second episode, "I Just Went There To Study Anatomy".
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The Stuart’s home is the 18th-century country house Newby Hall, located in Skelton-on-Ure, near Ripon.
Image courtesy of BBC/HBO and Allan Harris - Map

The interior of the wedding church in the second episode was filmed at St Peters Church in Sowerby Bridge.
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The solicitor’s office was filmed in the 16th-century Elizabethan manor house Oakwell Hall in Birstall, West Yorkshire.

visited by Charlotte Bronte in the 1830s, this house surrounded by 110 acres of a lush country park has its own mysterious ghost.
Image courtesy of Chris Redman - Map

The Hercules monument in Kassel (northern Hesse, Germany), is an imposing UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The 300 years-old waterfall system, which construction began in 1696, ends at the big lake of the castle Wilhelmshöhe.
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The cast and crew of Gentleman Jack also recorded scenes at Copenhagen City Hall (pictured on top) and in the royal chambers at Gavnø Castle in Denmark (lower scene).
Image courtesy of Mark König and Jorge Láscar - Maps: Castle / City Hall

The series filmed a key scene at the small 15th-century Holy Trinity Church in Goodramgate, the same place where Anne Lister and Ann Walker took communion together, as a symbol of marriage.
Image courtesy of Allan Harris - Map

If you enjoyed the series, we recommend you the book Gentleman Jack: A biography of Anne Lister, Regency Landowner, seducer, and secret diarist, about the extraordinary life of history's first modern lesbian who inspired the production. You can also find available the official companion book to the HBO show and The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister.

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