Trent Park House of Secrets museum

A visit to an amazing building with an extraordinary history.

Trent Park was originally part of King George III’s estate and the first house was constructed in the 1780s. In the 1890s the house was rebuilt in the Victorian style before an extensive refurbishment by Sir Philip Sassoon in the 1920s, transforming it into a luxury weekend retreat for hosting his fashionable and famous guests at elegant parties. But later it became notorious for something quite different when it was used to house German prisoners.

In the winter of 1939/1940 and under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Kendrick at MI19, Trent Park house and grounds were transformed into a state-of-the-art surveillance centre. Interrogation blocks and administrative offices were quickly thrown up in front of Sassoon’s mansion, which was itself adapted and installed with a complex network of miniaturised bugging devices hidden in every corner – in walls and skirtings, light fittings, plant pots, window ledges, the billiard table, even the garden benches.

The museum tells this amazing story. See the web site to buy a ticket and for more information https://trentparkhouse.org.uk

There is a cafe where we will take refreshments.

Please book a £14 ticket for October 25th at 12noon.