The House from a circa 1920 postcard
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.
Architect: William Stanton
Date: 1701Country Life: XVIII, 702, 1905. LVII, 602, 642 plan, 1925.
Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - HARDBACK
Author: Colvin, Howard
Year Published: 2008
Reference: pg. 975
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300125085
Book Type: Hardback
Title: Belton House Guidebook - 1992
Author: Tinniswood, Adrian
Year Published: 1992
Reference: pg. 10
Publisher: London: The National Trust
ISBN: 0707801133
Book Type: Softback
Title: House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance, The
Author: Chernow, Ron
Year Published: 2001
Reference: pg. 170
Publisher: New York: Grove Press
ISBN: 0802138292
Book Type: Softback
Title: Georgian: The Magazine of the Georgian Group, The
Author: NA
Year Published: NA
Reference: January 2002, pg. 6
Publisher: London: The Georgian Group
ISBN: NA
Book Type: Magazine
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