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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Eddy Frankel

Trent Park House of Secrets review – the bugged stately home where German prisoners blabbed their secrets

A mannequin in period military uniform wearing headphones sat at radio equipment in a basement room
Listening in … a mannequin in the basement of Trent Park House of Secrets. Photograph: James O Davies

History happened here. I mean, history happens everywhere. But serious, important, world-shaping history happened at Trent Park.

Built in Enfield Chase, an expanse of Hertfordshire countryside used as hunting grounds by royalty, this country house has lived many lives. It was a Georgian retreat, a Victorian mansion, a post-Edwardian sanctuary, and then, during the second world war, it became a place of secrets. Afterwards, it became a university campus, before falling into dereliction. Now, it has been revived, and its hidden stories brought into the light.

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