Built / Designed For: Sir Roger Hill

House & Family History: Denham closely resembles the more famous Belton House, which is not surprising, as Denham's architect, William Stanton, acted as executant architect and general contractor at Belton, possibly working to the designs of William Winde. Denham is famous for its bucolic plasterwork. In 1909 the Anglophile American banker J.P. Morgan, Jr., began construction of Matinicock Point, a red brick 45-room house that was modeled on Denham Place. Matinicock Point was set in 250 acres on East Island (which Morgan owned), off the North Shore of Long Island. For most of the 20th century Denham was used for offices. In 2001 the House was purchased by Mike Jatania of The Lornamead Group, who spent approximately £20 million to restore Denham as a family home. A painting of the House by an unknown artist, circa 1695, hangs in the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut. The village of Denham is very close to the former Denham Studios and today's Pinewood Studios, where hundreds of movies and TV shows were filmed. By the 1930s Denham Studios was the largest facility of its kind in the UK (in 1937 Queen Mary visited the studios while "The Drum" was being filmed); movie production was active at Denham between 1936 and 1952, when the last film was wrapped up at the studio and Denham was absorbed by Pinewood; over their existences, the two studios have gone by different names: London Film Studios, Rank Studios, and D&P Studios, their combined ouput a huge contribution to the international film industry. The Denham buildings were demolished in 1981 and the site landscaped as a business park.

Country Life: XVIII, 702, 1905. LVII, 602, 642 plan, 1925.

House Listed: Grade I

Park Listed: Grade II

Current Seat / Home of: Mike Jatania

Past Seat / Home of: Sir Roger Hill, late 17th-early 18th centuries. Lady Vansittart, 20th century. Basil Fothergill, 20th century.

Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust

Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home

House Open to Public: No

Historic Houses Member: No