Aldenham House

The house was built about 1672 for H. Coghill the Younger and was acquired, renovated and extended about 1870 by Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham.

In 1932, the estate was sold after the death of its then occupant Vicary Gibbs, a financier, former member of parliament, and avid plant collector who had amassed a larger collection of Chinese flora than the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.

[1][2] The house and grounds became a country club until the Second World War, when it was requisitioned by the BBC for use as an overseas broadcasting station.

The frontage and grounds have since appeared in a number of episodes of several 1960s television programmes including The Avengers and The Saint.

[citation needed] Aldenham House is a Grade II* listed building.