Residents can now discover for themselves thanks to an initiative from a manor house near Beaminster. Viscount and Viscountess Hinchingbrooke are drawing back the curtain on their lives at Mapperton House. The Viscount and Viscountess, otherwise known as Luke and Julie Montagu, will be welcoming virtual visitors into their home with the launch of Mapperton Live. Mapperton Live is an online membership service filmed and streamed from the medieval manor house. Whilst the aristocrat lifestyle may seem like a glamorous and luxurious one, the reality can be quite different with leaking roofs, decaying tapestries and ‘eye-watering’ repair bills. Julie Montagu said: “We’re incredibly lucky to live in such beautiful and historic surroundings. However, it’s definitely not Bridgerton. These days we all need to roll up our sleeves.”, whether fixing pipes, mowing the lawn or scrubbing the lavatories.