AFTER the success of The Casual Vacancy, the Cotswolds will again be on the silver screen as a 700-year-old Tebury house hosts a new BBC series.

Chavenage House, Chavenage Lane, will be the centrepiece of a remake of the romantic saga “Poldark”, originally a novel by Winston Graham set in Cornwall.

The classic story of love and betrayal was aired by the BBC in the 70s to great success.

The BBC chose the 14th century Chavenage House for the remake because of its timeless “lived-in feel”.

Caroline Lowsley-Williams, of Chavenage House, said: “We are thrilled they have decided to choose Chavenage as one of the main locations for Poldark.

“We can really imagine what it would have been like for the family living here in the 18th-century and now the viewers will be able to as well.

“Now if people are unable to visit they can at least gain a glimpse behind the doors.”

Poldark will air on Sunday, March 8, and will run for eight episodes.

Nick Way, Director General of the Historic Houses Association stated, “Filming, along with opening to the public and hosting events, helps to support the upkeep of many Historic Houses Association properties. The houses that the HHA represents are of great cultural and historical importance and it is always wonderful to see them being used on screen”.

It is thought that a house has stood on the site of Chavenage since the 14th-century, and parts of the present-day house date to the medieval period.

In1564 when Edward Stephens of Eastington purchased the house he started the massive project of a major reconstruction of the site.

The house has numerous civil war connections including tapestry-lined rooms stayed in by Thomas Cromwell in 1648.