“The peace of Manderley. The quietude and the grace. Whoever lived within its walls, whatever trouble there was and strife, however much uneasiness and pain, no matter what tears were shed, what sorrows borne, the peace of Manderley could not be broken or the loveliness destroyed.”- Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca (1938).
One can only imagine that the same can be said of the place that inspired the mythical Manderley, Menabilly. A stunning old estate; the manor has been passed down through the Rashleigh family for generations, from the 16th century to today. Daphne du Maurier first came upon the mansion in her teenage years, and was able to have it leased to her by C.S. Rashleigh in the 1940s. The author would make it her home for twenty years, until it was returned to the family in 1969.