Where to see locations used for HBO’s The Gilded Age, period drama series about clash of old-money New York and crazy rich newcomers

The Gilded Age, set in 1880s New York high society, was filmed upstate and in Newport, Rhode Island, and on sets inspired by actual buildings you can visit

Central Park, Hudson Valley and the interiors of mansions – summer houses for the super-rich – all appear in the drama by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes

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A still from HBO period drama series The Gilded Age. Some of the scenes were filmed on location in the lavish interiors of mansions in Rhode Island that are open to visitors.

Published: 7:45pm, 30 Jan 2022Updated: 11:23am, 15 Mar 2022

After two years of travel restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus, escape the frustrations by being transported to opulent New York, circa 1880.

That’s the premise of The Gilded Age, a new HBO period drama revolving around high society and taking in swanky settings from the Upper East Side, Manhattan to Newport, Rhode Island.

The nine-episode series is the creation of Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellowes. Set on the other side of the Atlantic from that series, and in the late 19th century, a time of huge growth in wealth (for some) in the United States, the show depicts the clash of “old” and “new” money.

Central to the plot are the newly rich and ruthlessly ambitious Russells, a railroad tycoon and his wife determined to break into New York society. Trying to keep them out are the existing elite, including their neighbour on Fifth Avenue, Agnes van Rhijn.

The Gilded Age is the creation of Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellowes.

The series was filmed on location and using sets inspired by actual buildings, several of which are open to the public.