AFIX UK involved in
Trent Park renovation
MARCH 2021
COCKFOSTERS - In 2016 several newspaper articles titled that One of London’s most fascinating historic houses was in jeopardy. Trent Park, in Cockfosters, north London, has a secret history that only emerged recently.
Museum of secret listeners
During the Second World War, the Grade II-listed house, once owned by Tory MP Sir Philip Sassoon (1888-1939), was requisitioned by the War Office and used to spy on high-ranking German officers — including, it is thought, Hitler’s Nazi party deputy Rudolf Hess, who was arrested in Scotland in 1941.
A group of about 100 “secret listeners”, mostly German refugees, spied on Nazi officers detained at Trent Park using early bugging technology.
In order to preserve this Grade II listed mansion house The Trust foundation, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Architecural Heritage Fund among others, is currently working on establishing Trent Park House across the restored stately rooms on the ground floor and the atmospheric.
Under roof
The Trust is now working closely with Berkeley Homes, the owners of this 50-acre Green Belt site, to deliver the highest quality redevelopment of this much-loved site.
The project, also backed by the Prince’s Regeneration Trust, counts on D&B Scaffolding from Chelmsford to construct a scaffolding roof in order to facilitate the renovation works. D&B Scaffolding is coworking with AFIX Group UK Ltd to deliver to right roof scaffolding accessories.
Once complete, Trent Park House will become an important link, both in content and geography, between existing attractions such as the Imperial War Museum and the Churchill War Rooms to the south, and Bletchley Park and Bentley Priory to the north.