What soap opera "mansion" had the most rooms?

[NothinButAttitude]

I love that site. I was wondering if they ever remodeled or showed the bedrooms of Capwell manor after they remodeled Capwell manor.

[SFK]

I've read that Conboy's remodel was unpopular with many fans. I guess I should just check out that site again, but I wonder if they ever redid the Lockridge home. It seemed less grand in comparison.

I wonder which soap boasted the largest apartment set. My guess would be Sydney's/Tracy's penthouse loft on The City. Marlena, Dorian, and Erica also had large duplex penthouse sets, not to mention Alexis' triplex penthouse she inherited from Cecil as a primetime example.

[teplin]

The Cory mansion on AW had a lake, a boat house, carriage house, stables and several wings. In the '70s, we saw most of these as well as a kitchen, dining room and servants' quarters. After a "remodel" in the 80s, most of the action took place in the foyer and living room, though we also saw a library, patio and the occasional bedroom.

Iris had a pretty large penthouse in the 70s, too.

[ellabelle]

The Chandler Mansion on AMC had multiple wings, and it was remodeled many times over the years. We saw the foyer, living room, Adam's office, his bedroom, Stuart's room, JR/Babe's room, JR's nursery, Bess/Miranda's nursery, Krystal's room, the dining room, the back terrace and gardens, the safe room, and probably a few other rooms as well.

In terms of set size, I remember reading somewhere that the Victorian mansion Erica moved into after Linden was pretty big by AMC's standards at the time because it had a front porch, an entry, a huge living room that included an off-shoot with a grand piano, the staircase, and the dining room all connected to each other. I heard their sets were bigger in LA because they had more room to spread out, but I'm not sure how accurate that is.

[SFK]

That set didn't seem large to me at all because it lacked height. There was a scene with Erica at the top of the staircase looking down at David playing the piano, which gave some sort of illusion of height, but the two previous Linden sets felt more spacious with full sight of the stairs and the second floor landing. Similarly, Brooke's house (talk about your wasted sets) seemed larger than Erica's colonial.

[titan1978]

It funny, because I think Luke and Laura's house on GH seemed larger than Erica 'a supposed mansion. We often saw the living room/stairs. The kitchen, the porch, the bedrooms and the basement. And it seemed spacious. That version of Erica 'a home seemed really cramped.

[BKuzak]

And a garage apartment back in the day. I think Larry and Merridith lived there. I'm only saying it because i beleive it looked totally diffrent from the carriage house we know of today. (and no it wasn't Joe and Viki's house which for some reason was called a carriage house. it looked more like a cottage.) I think the current carriage house was called "garage apartment" for a while in the early 80's but it looked a lot like the Carriage House of later years.

[cassadine1991]

You mean the one the Wards owned

[Ira]

We saw quite a few different rooms and poolhouses, gardens, etc. for the Crane mansion if I recall.

[titan1978]

Yes. When they first returned to Port Charles, they spent the night there. I think it was abandoned. And Laura fell in love with it. Eventually we learned who it belonged to, and then those bones were discovered.

Just thinking about that makes me sad for how short term the stories on soaps are now . That one story had so many details and little asides and built story for other characters.

[cassadine1991]

I miss that house and same goes for the Scorpio house

[BKuzak]

You mean the one the Webbers owned in the 70's and 80's. That was bascially just a living room i beleive. I don't remember it having any more rooms.

I like how Katherine Chancellor's house (i hope i never call it Jill's house) the library is now shown from a different angle. it makes the room sort of real because you know the part they are hidding now...it was shown for years.

[cassadine1991]

Yeah the one with "the attic"

[titan1978]

The Webber house also had a kitchen. But that's the only other room I remember seeing.

Of all the mansions we have been posting about , Katherine's is the one that needed some updating, IMO.

[slick jones]

I remember many, many years ago when Blackie and Amy lived in the Webber house, their bedrooms were shown. I think it was around the time Lou Swenson [blackie's girl] was on the show. [1983-84?]