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July  2026

About eighteen months ago I was commissioned by ‘Trent Park House of Secrets’ to create an architectural model as a centrepiece display for their new museum in North London. After a solid year in the making, the work is finally finished and was delivered a couple of weeks ago.This project is the largest and most complex I have built to date and it has been a fascinating journey, to research the fabric and structure of the building, re-create objects from grand pianos to tiny teacups, and to produce an artefact which helps to tell the surprising and secret story of this stately home.

After the death of its owner Sir Philip Sasson and with the outbreak of the Second World War Trent Park house was seconded into military use and became known as Cockfosters Camp, where high ranking German officers were housed. My exhibit for the museum consists of two main elements, a model of the main house as it stood in 1943 in full interior and exterior detail, and a second model showing the interior basement layout.

The new museum is packed full of exhibits and set out over two floors. You can visit the grand principal rooms with their ornate decoration, including murals by Whistler. Then, venture beneath the opulent surroundings on the ground floor to the basement, where the ‘secret listeners’ from British military intelligence monitored and covertly transcribed the conversations of the German prisoners, extracting vital information for the war effort.

The museum opens its doors to the public on 21^st July. For more details and information and to plan your visit ‘Trent Park House of Secrets’.