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Unassuming detached house was seen by millions on iconic 2010s sitcom – but do YOU recognise it?
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A HOUSE which was used in an iconic 2010s comedy still stands in a plush Manchester suburb - but do you recognise it?
Clue: It features one of the stars of The Inbetweeners.
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The Fresh Meat student house at 30 Mayfield Road in Whalley Range
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The characters of the show all shared this large, detached Victorian property
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This unassuming Victorian house was seen by millions on the iconic student comedy Fresh Meat.
The property is situated on Mayfield Road, in the well-to-do Whalley Grange area of Manchester.
The classic sit-com followed a group of students who attended the fictional Manchester Medlock University.
All of them lived in one houseshare in the Channel 4 sitcom, under the roof of the house pictured above.
The show followed six main characters across four series.
These included upper-class JP, played by Brit Awards host Jack Whitehall, who frequently sneared at his fellow housemates for not sharing his public school attitudes.
Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas featured as the off-beat Indie fan Kingsley.
These two characters both fought to win the affections of Josey, played by Kimberley Nixon, a ruthless Dentistry student from Swansea, Wales.
Often providing the show's comic relief would be Vod, played by Marvel star Zawe Ashton, who was always more interested in her next night out than her next essay deadline.
Vod was close friends with the painfully insecure Oregon, portrayed by Call The Midwife's Charlotte Richie, who fulfilled the classic uni trope of someone determined to form a new identity on campus.
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The last of the main characters was Howard, played by Greg McHugh, an endearing tech nerd who struggled to navigate the various social cues of his housemates.
A few other characters occupy the elusive seventh room in the house over the course of the show.
In the first series, this is Paul Lamb 'the invisible man, who is unseen.
In other series, it is occupied by goth student Candice (Faye Marsay) and Sabine (Jelka van Houten), who is far older than the students and utterly disgusted by their behaviours.
The show ran between 2011 and 2016, and was written by legendary British comedy writers Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain - the minds behind Peep Show and Succession.
One of the stars of Peep Show, Robert Webb, even featured as the overbearing geology Professor Dan, who excruciatingly looked to relive his youth through his students.
The house was last sold in January 2003 for £199,950, according to property records.
Seven years prior to this, it had sold for £68,000.
However, similar properties on the same street have sold for more than £750,000, offering a more up-to-date estimation of its market value.
The show's many scenes in a pub were filmed in the nearby Manchester district of Salford, at the Kings Arms - owned by the Housemartins and the Beautiful South singer-songwriter Paul Heaton.
Scenes of the students on campus were filmed at Manchester Metropolitan University.
In the show, the house is referred to as 28 Hartnell Avenue.
At the end of the second series, in a desperate bid to keep the housemates together with lowered rents, JP buys the property.
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The gang had plenty of parties over their four seasons on air
Credit: Channel 4
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The kitchen in the house was set up like a regular kitchen
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Fresh Meat aired on Channel 4 between 2011 and 2016
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From left to right: Kingsley (Joe Thomas), Josey (Kimberley Nixon), JP (Jack Whitehall), Vod (Zawe Ashton), Howard (Greg McHugh) and Oregon (Charlotte Ritchie)
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The housemates often clashed but would come together in moments of crisis
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