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'''Denville Hall''' is a historic building in ], a town in the ], England, which is used as a ] for professional actors, actresses and members of other theatrical professions. The present building incorporates part of a 16th-century house, which was substantially rebuilt in 1851 and later considerably extended after becoming a retirement home in 1926. Many well-known British actors and actresses have resided there. '''Denville Hall''' is a historic building in ], a town in the ], England, which is used as a ] for professional actors, actresses and members of other theatrical professions. The present building incorporates part of a 16th-century house, which was substantially rebuilt in 1851 and later considerably extended after becoming a retirement home in 1926. Many well-known British actors and actresses have lived there.


==History and description== ==History and description==


The hall includes part of a 16th-century house called Maze Farm.<ref name="HLBCReview">{{cite web |url=https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/media/19281/147-Denville-Hall-62-Ducks-Hill-Road-Northwood/pdf/147_Denville_Hall__62_Ducks_Hill_Road__Northwood.pdf |title=Review of Local List of Buildings of Architectural or Historic Importance: Denville Hall |date=May 2010 |website=] |access-date=5 December 2013}}</ref> In the 18th century it belonged to the judge Sir ].<ref name="DHHistory">{{cite web |url=http://www.denvillehall.org.uk/history.html |title=History |website=Denville Hall |access-date=5 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204075851/http://www.denvillehall.org.uk/history.html |archive-date=4 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1851 it was rebuilt in ] style by Daniel Norton, and renamed Northwood Hall.<ref name="HLBCReview" /><ref name="DHHistory" /> ], impresario, actor-manager and MP,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5-hYAAAAIBAJ&pg=2610,6198692&dq=denville-hall&hl=en |title=Rep. Pioneer left £57,400 |newspaper=The Bulletin |date=15 June 1955 |page=12 |quote=He left £5,000 to Denville Hall in his will. |access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref> bought the hall in 1925 and dedicated it to the acting profession in memory of his son Jack, who had died at the age of 26 after onstage complications with re-aggravated ] injuries. He renamed the building '''Denville Hall''' and created a charity in the same name.<ref name="DHHistory" /> It was opened formally as a rest home in July 1926 by ], the then Princess Royal.<ref name="Pathe">{{cite web |url=http://www.britishpathe.com/video/denville-hall |title=Denville Hall 1926 |website=] |access-date=5 December 2013}}</ref> The hall includes part of a 16th-century house called Maze Farm.<ref name="HLBCReview">{{cite web |url=https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/media/19281/147-Denville-Hall-62-Ducks-Hill-Road-Northwood/pdf/147_Denville_Hall__62_Ducks_Hill_Road__Northwood.pdf |title=Review of Local List of Buildings of Architectural or Historic Importance: Denville Hall |date=May 2010 |website=] |access-date=5 December 2013}}</ref> In the 18th century it belonged to the judge Sir ].<ref name="DHHistory">{{cite web |url=http://www.denvillehall.org.uk/history.html |title=History |website=Denville Hall |access-date=5 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204075851/http://www.denvillehall.org.uk/history.html |archive-date=4 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1851 it was rebuilt in ] style by Daniel Norton, and renamed Northwood Hall.<ref name="HLBCReview" /><ref name="DHHistory" /> ], impresario, actor-manager and MP,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5-hYAAAAIBAJ&pg=2610,6198692&dq=denville-hall&hl=en |title=Rep. Pioneer left £57,400 |newspaper=The Bulletin |date=15 June 1955 |page=12 |quote=He left £5,000 to Denville Hall in his will. |access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref> bought the hall in 1925 and dedicated it to the acting profession in memory of his son Jack, who had died at the age of 26 after onstage complications with re-aggravated ] injuries. He renamed the building Denville Hall and created a charity in the same name.<ref name="DHHistory" /> It was opened formally as a rest home in July 1926 by ], the then Princess Royal.<ref name="Pathe">{{cite web |url=http://www.britishpathe.com/video/denville-hall |title=Denville Hall 1926 |website=] |access-date=5 December 2013}}</ref>


The building, heavily extended in the intervening years, is ].<ref name="HLBCReview" /> A further remodelling and expansion project with landscaping, by Acanthus LW Architects, was completed in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://acanthuslw.com/health/denville-hall/ |title=Projects: Denville Hall |website=Acanthus LW Architects |access-date=28 November 2013}}</ref> The building, heavily extended in the intervening years, is ].<ref name="HLBCReview" /> A further remodelling and expansion project with landscaping, by Acanthus LW Architects, was completed in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://acanthuslw.com/health/denville-hall/ |title=Projects: Denville Hall |website=Acanthus LW Architects |access-date=28 November 2013}}</ref>

], who was co-chairman of Denville Hall for 15 years, incorporated some of his experiences in his play ''Laying the Ghost'', basing Yew Tree House on the Hall.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Laying-Ghost-fun-play-heart-Polruan/story-11424331-detail/story.html |title=Laying the Ghost: 'A fun play with a heart' in Polruan |date=20 January 2009 |newspaper=] |access-date=17 January 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203070119/http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Laying-Ghost-fun-play-heart-Polruan/story-11424331-detail/story.html |archive-date=3 December 2013}}</ref>


==Facilities and services== ==Facilities and services==


Though actors have priority,<ref name="Pearson">{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/for-my-final-act-6msvx3q6f8c |title=For my final act |last=Pearson |first=Katie |date=18 April 2005 |newspaper=] |page=6 |access-date=5 December 2013 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> the home is available to other people in the entertainment industry (including the circus),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kEBAAAAAIBAJ&pg=5555,4493178&dq=denville-hall&hl=en |title=Religious service in circus ring at Glasgow |newspaper=] |page=9 |date=29 September 1938 |access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref> such as agents and dancers,<ref name="Pearson" /> and their spouses<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/5804497/Ageing-thespians-should-stick-together.html |title=Ageing thespians should stick together |last=Simkins |first=Michael |date=11 July 2009 |newspaper=] |access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref> over the age of 70 and offers residential, nursing, ], ] and ]. Residents can stay on a long-term or short-term basis, and ] is provided.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.denvillehall.org.uk |title=Home |website=Denville Hall |access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carehome.co.uk/carehome.cfm/searchazref/20001010DANA |title=Denville Hall care home, Northwood |website=Carehome.co.uk |access-date=17 January 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201155514/http://www.carehome.co.uk/carehome.cfm/searchazref/20001010DANA |archive-date=1 December 2008}}</ref> There is also a subsidised bar.<ref name=Telegraph/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a-modest-man-but-certainly-not-retiring-dwr30zvhqkq |title=A modest man but certainly not retiring |last=Grove |first=Valerie |date=10 June 2010 |newspaper=] |url-access=subscription |quote=I wonder how West, at 75, regards the prospect of the actors' retirement home, Denville Hall, north of London. 'Well, the bar opens sometime after breakfast'. |access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref> Though actors and actresses have priority,<ref name="Pearson">{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/for-my-final-act-6msvx3q6f8c |title=For my final act |last=Pearson |first=Katie |date=18 April 2005 |newspaper=] |page=6 |access-date=5 December 2013 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> the home is available to other people in the entertainment industry (including the circus),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kEBAAAAAIBAJ&pg=5555,4493178&dq=denville-hall&hl=en |title=Religious service in circus ring at Glasgow |newspaper=] |page=9 |date=29 September 1938 |access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref> such as agents and dancers,<ref name="Pearson" /> and their spouses<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/5804497/Ageing-thespians-should-stick-together.html |title=Ageing thespians should stick together |last=Simkins |first=Michael |date=11 July 2009 |newspaper=] |access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref> over the age of 70 and offers residential, nursing, ], ] and ]. Residents can stay on a long-term or short-term basis, and ] is provided.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.denvillehall.org.uk |title=Home |website=Denville Hall |access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carehome.co.uk/carehome.cfm/searchazref/20001010DANA |title=Denville Hall care home, Northwood |website=Carehome.co.uk |access-date=17 January 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201155514/http://www.carehome.co.uk/carehome.cfm/searchazref/20001010DANA |archive-date=1 December 2008}}</ref> There is also a subsidised bar.<ref name=Telegraph/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a-modest-man-but-certainly-not-retiring-dwr30zvhqkq |title=A modest man but certainly not retiring |last=Grove |first=Valerie |date=10 June 2010 |newspaper=] |url-access=subscription |quote=I wonder how West, at 75, regards the prospect of the actors' retirement home, Denville Hall, north of London. 'Well, the bar opens sometime after breakfast'. |access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref>


==Notable residents== ==Notable residents==
Many British actors and actresses have spent their retirement years at Denville Hall,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=46454 |title=Stars then and now |date=28 April 1947 |website=British Pathe |access-date=17 January 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611083723/https://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=46454 |archive-date=11 June 2011}}</ref> including: Many British actors and actresses have spent their retirement years at Denville Hall,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=46454 |title=Stars then and now |date=28 April 1947 |website=British Pathe |access-date=17 January 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611083723/https://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=46454 |archive-date=11 June 2011}}</ref> including: (Note: All actors and actresses listed here are deceased)

Current residents include:

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*Josie Jump
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*Terrence the dog
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*Kelly Holmes as a gay woman
*Emilie Sande
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*Miss Hooley
*Pippin
*Auntie Mabel
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*Ellie from Superdrug what a good deal
*Zoe Alexander as P!nk but we wanna get rid of the P!nk and just be P!nk
*Rachel Lester
*Debbi Stevens
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*Kate King
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*Holly Jervis
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*Chanel the Parrot
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*Pete and his little sister Sophie
*Dawn the Jockey
*Tesco Mary Obourne
*Wagner
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*Sue Tuke
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Residents who have since passed:
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*]<ref>{{cite web |first=Gillian |last=Tindall |author-link=Gillian Tindall |url=https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/03/09/leonard-fenton-actor/ |title=Leonard Fenton, actor |website=Spitalfields Life |date=9 March 2017 |access-date=23 July 2020 }}</ref> *]<ref>{{cite web |first=Gillian |last=Tindall |author-link=Gillian Tindall |url=https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/03/09/leonard-fenton-actor/ |title=Leonard Fenton, actor |website=Spitalfields Life |date=9 March 2017 |access-date=23 July 2020}}</ref>
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*]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/sep/12/peter-hall-obituary-british-theatre-rss-national |title=Sir Peter Hall obituary: powerful force in British theatre |last=Billington |first= Michael |date=12 September 2017 |newspaper=] |access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref> *]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/sep/12/peter-hall-obituary-british-theatre-rss-national |title=Sir Peter Hall obituary: powerful force in British theatre |last=Billington |first= Michael |date=12 September 2017 |newspaper=] |access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref>
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*]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-horsley-character-actor-whose-comedic-talent-brought-him-fame-as-doc-morrissey-in-the-fall-and-9081502.html |title=John Horsley: Character actor whose comedic talent brought him fame as Doc Morrissey in 'The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin' |first=Simon |last=Farquhar |date=23 January 2014 |newspaper=] |access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref> *]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-horsley-character-actor-whose-comedic-talent-brought-him-fame-as-doc-morrissey-in-the-fall-and-9081502.html |title=John Horsley: Character actor whose comedic talent brought him fame as Doc Morrissey in 'The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin' |first=Simon |last=Farquhar |date=23 January 2014 |newspaper=] |access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref>
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==Supporters== ==Supporters==


The hall and charity have had a number of notable supporters. ], whose widow ], also resided at Denville Hall, was president.<ref name="Salvoni">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KLJ9Zux6Rx0C&q=%22Denville+Hall%22+history&pg=PA8 |title=Eating Famously |last=Salvoni |first=Elena |publisher=WSM Wordsworth Limited |isbn=978-0-9556171-0-2 |page=8 |access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref> In the late 1960s and early 1970s, performers including ], ], ] and ] (for her television debut) donated their fees to rebuilding the house.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sean Connery, Michael Caine and Paul Scofield pledged their wages to England's Theatrical Charity Council, primarily for the rebuilding of Denville Hall |date=5 January 1969 |newspaper=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HaRGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2134,6450785&dq=denville-hall&hl=en |title=Liz Taylor in dramatic TV debut |date=27 December 1969 |newspaper=] |page=15 |access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref> In 1999 the original set from '']'', after 47 years' continuous use, was auctioned to raise money for Denville Hall.<ref name=Mousetrap>{{cite web |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/06-1999/original-mousetrap-set-auctioned-this-month_29408.html |title=Original Mousetrap Set Auctioned This Month |date=11 June 1999 |website=What's on Stage |access-date=17 January 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128040223/http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/06-1999/original-mousetrap-set-auctioned-this-month_29408.html |archive-date=28 November 2014}}</ref> Restaurateur Elena Salvoni donated a portion of the profits of her 2007 autobiography, ''Eating Famously'', to the hall.<ref name="Salvoni" /> ] left his estate to charity, with all royalties from his plays being donated to Denville Hall and the King George V Fund for Actors and Actresses. The hall and charity have had a number of notable supporters. ], who, like his widow ], resided at Denville Hall, was president.<ref name="Salvoni">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KLJ9Zux6Rx0C&q=%22Denville+Hall%22+history&pg=PA8 |title=Eating Famously |last=Salvoni |first=Elena |publisher=WSM Wordsworth Limited |isbn=978-0-9556171-0-2 |page=8 |access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref> In the late 1960s and early 1970s, performers including ], ], ] and ] (for her television debut) donated their fees to rebuilding the house.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sean Connery, Michael Caine and Paul Scofield pledged their wages to England's Theatrical Charity Council, primarily for the rebuilding of Denville Hall |date=5 January 1969 |newspaper=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HaRGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2134,6450785&dq=denville-hall&hl=en |title=Liz Taylor in dramatic TV debut |date=27 December 1969 |newspaper=] |page=15 |access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref> In 1999 the original set from '']'', after 47 years' continuous use, was auctioned to raise money for Denville Hall.<ref name=Mousetrap>{{cite web |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/06-1999/original-mousetrap-set-auctioned-this-month_29408.html |title=Original Mousetrap Set Auctioned This Month |date=11 June 1999 |website=What's on Stage |access-date=17 January 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128040223/http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/06-1999/original-mousetrap-set-auctioned-this-month_29408.html |archive-date=28 November 2014}}</ref> Restaurateur Elena Salvoni donated a portion of the profits of her 2007 autobiography, ''Eating Famously'', to the hall.<ref name="Salvoni" /> ] left his estate to charity, with all royalties from his plays being donated to Denville Hall and the King George V Fund for Actors and Actresses.


==See also== ==See also==

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British retirement home for actors and actresses

Denville Hall
The building in December 2013
Former names
  • Maze Farm
  • Northwood Hall
General information
Address62 Ducks Hill Road
Town or cityNorthwood, London
CountryEngland
Coordinates51°36′37″N 0°26′26″W / 51.61029°N 0.44049°W / 51.61029; -0.44049
Renovated2004
OwnerDenville Hall Ltd.
DesignationsLocally listed
Website
denvillehall.org.uk

Denville Hall is a historic building in Northwood, a town in the London Borough of Hillingdon, England, which is used as a retirement home for professional actors, actresses and members of other theatrical professions. The present building incorporates part of a 16th-century house, which was substantially rebuilt in 1851 and later considerably extended after becoming a retirement home in 1926. Many well-known British actors and actresses have lived there.

History and description

The hall includes part of a 16th-century house called Maze Farm. In the 18th century it belonged to the judge Sir John Vaughan. In 1851 it was rebuilt in Victorian Gothic style by Daniel Norton, and renamed Northwood Hall. Alfred Denville, impresario, actor-manager and MP, bought the hall in 1925 and dedicated it to the acting profession in memory of his son Jack, who had died at the age of 26 after onstage complications with re-aggravated World War I injuries. He renamed the building Denville Hall and created a charity in the same name. It was opened formally as a rest home in July 1926 by Princess Louise, the then Princess Royal.

The building, heavily extended in the intervening years, is locally listed. A further remodelling and expansion project with landscaping, by Acanthus LW Architects, was completed in 2004.

Facilities and services

Though actors and actresses have priority, the home is available to other people in the entertainment industry (including the circus), such as agents and dancers, and their spouses over the age of 70 and offers residential, nursing, convalescent, dementia and palliative care. Residents can stay on a long-term or short-term basis, and physiotherapy is provided. There is also a subsidised bar.

Notable residents

Many British actors and actresses have spent their retirement years at Denville Hall, including: (Note: All actors and actresses listed here are deceased)

Supporters

The hall and charity have had a number of notable supporters. Lord Attenborough, who, like his widow Sheila, Lady Attenborough, resided at Denville Hall, was president. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, performers including Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Paul Scofield and Elizabeth Taylor (for her television debut) donated their fees to rebuilding the house. In 1999 the original set from The Mousetrap, after 47 years' continuous use, was auctioned to raise money for Denville Hall. Restaurateur Elena Salvoni donated a portion of the profits of her 2007 autobiography, Eating Famously, to the hall. Terence Rattigan left his estate to charity, with all royalties from his plays being donated to Denville Hall and the King George V Fund for Actors and Actresses.

See also

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