Cannon Hall, Hampstead

[1] One of the Hampstead lock-ups was located in the garden wall adjoining Cannon Lane until it was closed following the formation of the Metropolitan Police Force by Sir Robert Peel in 1829.

[5] Actor-manager Gerald du Maurier purchased the house in 1916 and lived there with his wife Muriel Beaumont and three daughters until his death in 1934.

[11] The author Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989) was aged about 9 when her father bought the house, and she grew up there with her sisters Angela (1904–2002) and Jeanne (1911–1996).

[10] Cannon Hall featured in the film Bunny Lake is Missing (1965), starring Laurence Olivier and directed and produced by Otto Preminger; the house was given the fictional address 30 Frogmore End.

[12] It was also featured in the film Tenet (2020), starring John David Washington and directed and produced by Christopher Nolan.

Cannon Hall in October 2016
Cannon Hall, drawn by A. R. Quinton , 1911
The blue plaque to Sir Gerald Du Maurier