Silver Spoons - The Stratton Mansion

The Stratton Mansion

The brick Tudor period mansion shown in the opening credits is actually a private residence located in Warwickshire, England. The elaborate home, named Compton Wynyates, was built in 1481. Before Silver Spoons, it was used in the 1977 Disney film, Candleshoe, starring Helen Hayes, Jodie Foster and David Niven. The facade of the mansion was featured again in the 1978 film, Death on the Nile, as the new country home of the heiress Linnet Ridgeway. In 1997, Compton Wynyates was featured in the second narrative of Iain Pears's An Instance of the Fingerpost. Opening scenes often featured characters arriving on the Live Steam model railway which ran through the garden into the house. The 0-4-0 steam locomotive and cars were furnished by the Railroad Supply Corporation, which had its headquarters in Burbank at the time. Undoubtedly, it was operated on a charge of compressed air.