View of the King family chapel
Glen Darrock Estate was the fictional family home of the King family in Scotland, owned by Sir Robert King and later Elektra King in The World is Not Enough. It was located near the fictional Loch Lamont.
History[]
Sir Robert King, head of King Industries comes from a wealthy Scottish family, owning a large countryside estate. However, his daughter Elektra identifies more with her maternal Azerbaijani heritage, and decides to live in Baku instead. Nevertheless, Glen Darrock Estate most probably was Elektra's childhood home.
Description[]
King Family Chapel[]
Another (unused) view of the chapel.
Since the estate stretches over a large area, it also has its own chapel, like many old estates with no town or village nearby. Another example of this is Skyfall Lodge, another Scottish estate with its own chapel. Apart from the chapel, nothing is seen of the estate grounds.
Main Gate[]
The main gate.
The route leading to the estate passes a gate with a small guardhouse. For Sir Robert's funeral, local police officers are guarding the gate.
Surrounding parklands[]
View from the main gate.
Around the estate are vast stretches of park-like landscape, most probably also belonging to the King family.
Behind the Scenes[]
The King family chapel is in fact the Gothic Temple, belonging to Stowe House in Buckinghamshire. Stowe House (completed in 1683) is a large estate, which today houses Stowe School. The main gate of the King Estate was also filmed on the Stowe House grounds - the building is called Oxford Gate House in real life.
Trivia[]
- For the maps seen in the movie, the filmmakers used a bit of creative licence when drawing the border line between Turkey and Syria, and they also changed the actual location of the city of Ceyhan. The real city is located 30km away from the Mediterranean coast.
- There is no Loch Lamont in Scotland, however, there is a Loch Lomond, which is called Loch Laomainn in Gaelic. The name for the Lamont family is Clann Laomainn so there is a definite similarity.
- "Glendarroch" was a fictional village in the Scottish soap opera Take the High Road, which was filmed at Luss at the real Loch Lomond. The name means "valley of the oaks" in Gaelic.