If this is Tuesday, it must be England #188

  

I hope you enjoyed The Thursday Murder Club on Netflix last Thursday and can we just chat for a moment about Englefield House, the stunning stately home that was the setting for Coopers Chase, the delightful retirement home where the club members lived and met every Thursday.  Didn't it just make you want to run out and sign your name on the dotted line on a lease to spend your golden years there?  Without any murders, of course!

Englefield House is a late sixteenth-century house largely rebuilt in the 1850s by Richard Armstrong and sitting in its own extensive park.  The house is a private residence and not open to the public, but the gardens are open on Mondays throughout the year.  The house is, however, available for private hire and described as "a unique and prestigious venue".  Pippa Middleton Matthews, sister of The Princess of Wales, held her wedding reception here.

Englefield House and its adjoining entrance courtyard are Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England, and the formal gardens and parkland are listed at Grade II on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. The lodges, gateway, gates and flanking walls are also listed as a group at Grade II, as are the terrace walls to the south-east of the main house.

Here's a legend for Grades I, II*, and III:

• Grade I: buildings that are of exceptional interest
• Grade II*: particularly important buildings of more than special interest
• Grade II: buildings that are of special interest

As a reference, the Tower of London is a Grade I listed building.

These two sites will tell you all you might like to know about Englefield House.  I borrowed a few sentences but there is so much more to read.

Englefield Estate

Historic Houses:  Englefield House

By the way, I have read, in several reliable sources, that more of the Thursday Murder Club is coming. most likely a sequel or even a series.  I can't wait!