Yes, you can visit the mansion of Professor Charles Xavier for real! It is an Elizabethan stately home in Englefield, Berkshire, England called the Englefield House.
Yes, that huge mansion on top of the hill that is home to Xavier Institute for Higher Learning or Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters is actually a real building. The house, owned by the Benyon family, is open to visitors all year round. Ordinary tourists can access the gardens anytime of the year. The interior is accessible only by appointment for approved groups.
The Englefield estate, along with the 3-storey Englefield building covers around 8,100 hectares. It has a farm that is receiving agricultural subsidies from the government through the Single Payment Farm, a Common Agricultural Policy program affecting all farms under the European Union.
The house was built in the 1500s, and was altered by Thomas Hooper in the 1800s. It was the home of the Englefield household before the Benyons took over. The master of the house was Sir Thomas Englefield, then-speaker of the House of Commons.
It is remembered that in the Marvel Universe, the X-Mansion is home to ten generations of mutants. Known X-Mansion residents are Cyclops, Angel, Beast, Iceman, Mimic, Havok, Jean Grey, Lorna Dane, Shadowcat, Wolverine, Storm, Emma Frost, Gambit and Northstar. Wolverine was headmaster of the house before Spider-Man took over after Wolverine's death.
According to the story, inside the X-Mansion are learning halls, the Danger Room, and Cerebro. In the "X-Men: Apocalypse" movie, the mansion was blown up by Apocalypse but restored later by Magneto.
Englefield House is a famous location for movies and television series. It is the filming location of movies "X-Men: First Class", "Great Expectations", "The Go-Between", "The King's Speech" and "Deadpool", and for series "Hex", "Agatha Christie's Marple" and "I Wanna Marry "Harry"". Interested parties can inquire at the Englefield House website.
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