Denville Hall
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The building in December 2013
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| General information | |
| Address | 62 Ducks Hill Road |
| Town or city | Northwood, London |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51°36′37″N 0°26′26″W / 51.61029°N 0.44049°WCoordinates: 51°36′37″N 0°26′26″W / 51.61029°N 0.44049°W |
| Renovated | 2004 |
| Owner | Denville Hall Ltd. |
| Designations | Locally listed |
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Denville Hall is an historic building in Northwood, a town in the London Borough of Hillingdon, England which is used as a retirement home for professional actors, actresses and other theatrical professions. The present building incorporates part of a 16th-century house, which was substantially rebuilt in 1851 and later considerably extended after becoming a retirement home in 1926. Many well-known British actors have been residents of the hall.
The hall includes part of a 16th-century house called Maze Farm. In the 18th century it belonged to the judge, Sir John Vaughan. In 1851 it was rebuilt in Victorian Gothic style by Daniel Norton, and renamed Northwood Hall.Alfred Denville, impresario, actor-manager and MP, bought the hall in 1925 and dedicated it to the acting profession in memory of his son Jack, who had died at the age of 26 after onstage complications with re-aggravated World War I injuries. He renamed the hall " Denville Hall" and created a charity in the same name. It was opened formally as a rest home in July 1926 by Princess Louise, the then Princess Royal.
The building, heavily extended in the intervening years, is locally listed. A further remodelling and expansion project with landscaping, by Acanthus LW Architects, was completed in 2004.
Simon Williams, who was co-chairman of Denville Hall for 15 years, based Yew Tree House in his play Laying the Ghost on it.
Though actors have priority, the home is available to other people in the entertainment industry (including the circus), such as agents and dancers, and their spouses over the age of 70 and offers residential, nursing, convalescent, dementia and palliative care. Residents can stay on a long-term or short-term basis, and physiotherapy is provided. There is also a subsidised bar.
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