The Saltburn effect: Influx of visitors flock to stately country home where ... trends now
An influx of visitors is flocking to the country home where movie Saltburn and an infamous bathroom scene was shot - only to leave disappointed that many of the rooms are off limits
Hundreds of people have rushed to the British countryside to take in the real 'Saltburn Mansion' featured in the film starring Barry Keoghan, alongside Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E Grant and Carey Mulligan.
Much of writer and director Emerald Ferrell's Golden Globes-nominated hit was set at Drayton House in Northamptonshire - while the cast would often spend time at a nearby pub, the Snooty Fox.
Yet film fans now visiting the manor have been let down to discover some of the most eye-catching rooms are not open to the public.
Out of bounds is the bathroom which features in a key and controversial scene, when Keoghan's Oliver spies on Elordi's character Felix Catton having a bath, before enjoying himself in the empty tub as the water drains away.
Visitors have been flocking to the site of the real-life 'Saltburn mansion' in Northamptonshire
Drayton House, near Lowick, was used as the setting for Emerald Fennell's controversial film
The movie stars Oscar-nominated actor Barry Keoghan
Other settings include rooms featured in the full-frontal final scene showing Keoghan's character Oliver Quick gyrating naked through the mansion to the sound of Sophie Ellis-Bextor's hit single Murder On The Dancefloor.
Saltburn was released in UK cinemas in November before becoming available just before Christmas on Amazon Prime, where it has become one of the site's most-streamed movies.
Its success has also helped propel Murder On The Dancefloor, first issued in 2001, back up to number two in the singles charts.
Now enthusiasts are descended on Drayton House and the nearby town of Lowick.
The stately home is owned by the Sackville family and not generally open to the public.
But select groups of locals have been offered tours - while many more fans have come to the area to approach the grounds and admire the views.
Among those managing to get inside was Maddie Bowness, 21, who worked at the Snooty Fox and met Fennell when cast and crew would stop in.
She visited the mansion with her friends Jasmine Murray, 24, and 26-year-old Sally-Anne Harrison.
