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Joldwynds, a modernist house in Surrey, featured in more than one show. The episode King of Clubs uses both High and Over House in Amersham, Bucks, and also the iconic Hoover building in west London. Other stark white locations include St Anne's Court in Chertsey. | Joldwynds, a modernist house in Surrey, featured in more than one show. The episode King of Clubs uses both High and Over House in Amersham, Bucks, and also the iconic Hoover building in west London. Other stark white locations include St Anne's Court in Chertsey. | ||
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File:MidlandHotel.jpg | The Midland Hotel Morecambe | File:MidlandHotel.jpg | The Midland Hotel Morecambe | ||
File:Florin Court.jpg | Florin Court, Clerkenwell | File:Florin Court.jpg | Florin Court, Clerkenwell | ||
File:Berthold Lubetkin Highpoint.jpg | Highpoint 1, Highgate London | |||
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High & Over, Amersham, Buckinghamshire was used as Henry Reedburn's house in an episode called King of Clubs | High & Over, Amersham, Buckinghamshire was used as Henry Reedburn's house in an episode called King of Clubs | ||
Highpoint I in Highgate was built in the 1930s by Russian-born architect Berthold Lubetkin. The 64 flat block was originally built for the entrepreneur Sigmund Gestetner to house his staff of the Gestetner company. It was used in the Poirot Episode | |||
Eltham Palace, the interiors of which were used in the episodes Three Act Tragedy and Death on the Nile. | Eltham Palace, the interiors of which were used in the episodes Three Act Tragedy and Death on the Nile. | ||
Our interest is only in the houses and flats used in Poirot, particularly as they illustrate the International Moderne style and its impact in the UK. For a full list of Poirot locations, we would recommend the following: | |||
http://www.poirot.us/mansions.php | http://www.poirot.us/mansions.php | ||
Revision as of 18:39, 19 November 2013
Joldwynds, a modernist house in Surrey, featured in more than one show. The episode King of Clubs uses both High and Over House in Amersham, Bucks, and also the iconic Hoover building in west London. Other stark white locations include St Anne's Court in Chertsey.
Then there's Poirot's flat. Given as "Whitehaven Mansions", it's actually Florin Court in Charterhouse Square, Clerkenwell, in central London.
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High Cross House, Devon. One of the classic 'Moderne' houses.
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The exquisite 'High & Over' in Amersham, Bucks.
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Joldwynds, Holmbury St Mary Surrey
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The Midland Hotel Morecambe
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Florin Court, Clerkenwell
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Highpoint 1, Highgate London
High & Over, Amersham, Buckinghamshire was used as Henry Reedburn's house in an episode called King of Clubs
Highpoint I in Highgate was built in the 1930s by Russian-born architect Berthold Lubetkin. The 64 flat block was originally built for the entrepreneur Sigmund Gestetner to house his staff of the Gestetner company. It was used in the Poirot Episode
Eltham Palace, the interiors of which were used in the episodes Three Act Tragedy and Death on the Nile.
Our interest is only in the houses and flats used in Poirot, particularly as they illustrate the International Moderne style and its impact in the UK. For a full list of Poirot locations, we would recommend the following:
http://www.poirot.us/mansions.php
http://investigatingpoirot.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/apartment-in-text-and-on-screen.html