# Manderley > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Manderley > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Manderley.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manderley > Source revision: 1341343181 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Fictional estate in the novel Rebecca For the mansion in Ireland, see [Manderley Castle](/source/Manderley_Castle). For the Burmese city, see [Mandalay](/source/Mandalay). For the film, see [Manderlay](/source/Manderlay). The gatehouse of [Menabilly](/source/Menabilly) **Manderley** is a fictional [estate](/source/Estate_(land)) in [Daphne du Maurier](/source/Daphne_du_Maurier)'s 1938 novel *[Rebecca](/source/Rebecca_(novel))*, owned by the character Maxim de Winter. Located in [Southern England](/source/Southern_England), Manderley is a typical country estate: it is filled with family heirlooms, is run by a large domestic staff and is open to the public on certain days. It is often said to be in [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall), as this is where the author lived, and the nearby placenames "Kerrith" and "Lanyon" are [Cornish](/source/Cornish_language)-derived; the film version is explicitly set in Cornwall.[1][2][3] In spite of the house's beauty, the main character, the unnamed narrator, who has become mistress of Manderley, senses an atmosphere of doom about it, due to the death of Max's first wife (the titular Rebecca), and it is hinted that Rebecca haunts the estate. At the end, Manderley is burned down to the ground. Du Maurier's childhood visits to [Milton Hall](/source/Milton_Hall), [Cambridgeshire](/source/Cambridgeshire), home of the Fitzwilliam family, influenced the descriptions of Manderley, especially the interior. She told the [10th Earl Fitzwilliam](/source/Thomas_Wentworth-Fitzwilliam%2C_10th_Earl_Fitzwilliam) in a letter that when she wrote *Rebecca* 20 years later, the interior of Manderley was based on her recollection of the rooms and 'big house feel' of Milton in the First World War.[4] The adult du Maurier's Cornish home near [Fowey](/source/Fowey), called [Menabilly](/source/Menabilly), was influential in her descriptions of the setting, though it was a much smaller house. Seven years after writing the novel, she leased the manor (1945–1967) from the [Rashleigh family](/source/Rashleigh_family),[5] who have owned it since the 16th century. Like Menabilly, Manderley could not be seen from the road. ## In popular culture - Manderley appears in most film and TV adaptations: the [1940 film](/source/Rebecca_(1940_film)) by [Alfred Hitchcock](/source/Alfred_Hitchcock), the [1997 television series](/source/Rebecca_(1997_miniseries)), and the [2020 film](/source/Rebecca_(2020_film)) by [Ben Wheatley](/source/Ben_Wheatley). - As a result of the novel's popularity, the name "Manderley" became extremely popular as a name for ordinary houses. The [Irish](/source/Irish_people) singer [Enya](/source/Enya) renamed her [Dublin](/source/Dublin) castle [Manderley Castle](/source/Manderley_Castle).[6] - A "Manderley Castle" features in one of the *[Anno Dracula](/source/Anno_Dracula)* books by [Kim Newman](/source/Kim_Newman). - Danish film director [Lars von Trier](/source/Lars_von_Trier)'s [2005](/source/2005_in_film) film *[Manderlay](/source/Manderlay)* is set in a country estate with a large domestic staff. - In [Stephen King](/source/Stephen_King)'s 1998 novel, *[Bag of Bones](/source/Bag_of_Bones)*, "Manderley" is a semi-isolated lake house in Maine, identified with Sara Laughs, in the dreams of the main character Mike Noonan. - There is a fully functional "Manderley Bar" in the fictional McKittrick Hotel, home to the immersive theater performance of "[Sleep No More](/source/Sleep_No_More_(2011_play))" in New York City on West 27 Street. The bar is named after the estate from *Rebecca*, and several characters, plots, and themes from the novel appeared in the performance. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["ker"](https://www.akademikernewek.org.uk/place-names/etymology/ker) (in Cornish). [Akademi Kernewek](/source/Akademi_Kernewek). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Lanyon"](https://www.akademikernewek.org.uk/place-names/content/lanyon) (in Cornish). [Akademi Kernewek](/source/Akademi_Kernewek). 27 August 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Alfred Hitchcock](/source/Alfred_Hitchcock) (1940). *[Rebecca](/source/Rebecca_(1940_film))* (film). [Selznick International Pictures](/source/Selznick_International_Pictures). It rather reminds me of our coastline at home. Do you know Cornwall at all? 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5parishes_4-0)** [""Five Villages, Their People and Places" A History of the Villages of Castor, Ailsworth, Marholm with Milton, Upton and Sutton"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071016153740/http://www.thearchive.org.uk/thebook/5parishes/ch22.pdf) (PDF). Archived from [the original](http://www.thearchive.org.uk/thebook/5parishes/ch22.pdf) (PDF) on 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2018-11-12. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Philip Rashleigh"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130926210249/http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/23/101023147/). Archived from [the original](http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/23/101023147/) on 2013-09-26. Retrieved 2013-09-22. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Enya on her new album, living in a castle and the international appeal of her music"](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34699044). *BBC News*. 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2022-10-19. v t e Daphne du Maurier Novels The Loving Spirit (1931) Jamaica Inn (1936) Rebecca (1938) Frenchman's Creek (1941) Hungry Hill (1943) The King's General (1946) The Parasites (1949) My Cousin Rachel (1951) Mary Anne (1954) The Scapegoat (1957) Castle Dor (1961) The Glass-Blowers (1963) The House on the Strand (1969) Rule Britannia (1972) Short stories and collections The Birds and Other Stories / The Apple Tree ("The Birds") (1952) The Breaking Point (1959) Not After Midnight / Don't Look Now (1971) Plays The Years Between (1945) Related Lt.-Gen. Sir Frederick Browning (husband) Sir Gerald du Maurier (father) Muriel, Lady du Maurier (mother) Angela du Maurier (sister) George du Maurier (grandfather) Cannon Hall, Hampstead (childhood home) Menabilly (home) Manderley (fictional home) Mrs. Danvers (character) v t e Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Universe Mrs. Danvers Manderley Related novels The Key to Rebecca (1980) Mrs de Winter (1993) Rebecca's Tale (2001) Adaptations Film Rebecca (1940) Kohra (1964) Anamika (2008) Rebecca (2020) Television Rebecca (1979) Rebecca (1997) Noorpur Ki Rani (2009) Stage 2006 musical Miscellaneous Rebecca syndrome --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Manderley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manderley) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manderley?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.