A UK mansion that has gone up for sale used to be the MI6 compound that housed the man second in line to Adolf Hitler at the start of the Second World War. The Daily Star reports that Mytchett Place in Surrey was found with microphone wires in the walls and also has a stunning staircase that Nazi Rudolf Hess threw himself down.
Extensive work has been carried out on the property where MI6 agents held Hess, who had flown to the UK in 1941 to engage in peace talks. Work on the £15 million property includes re-roofing, new plumbing and re-wiring to the 12-bedroom home that also features a three-storey tower.
The mansion, recently used as a commercial space, is in need of complete renovation but comes with huge receptions, at least 11 acres, and marks itself as a strange historic landmark. Hess had convinced himself that Anglo-German relations could be tempered to crush the Soviet Union, and so flew to the UK in the hope of brokering a peace deal with Scottish peer the Duke of Hamilton.
