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Colwood Lane, HAYWARDS HEATH, RH17 5QQ

Built in 1871-72 as an entrance building to Wykehurst Park. Sold off in the 1970s and is now a separate residence. The smaller of the two lodges.

Completed in 1874, funded by Henry Huth, a banker and MP, and designed by EM Barry son of the designer of the Houses of Parliament in the style of a French chateau. Huth was to enjoy his dream home for just 4 years as he died in 1878 and the estate was inherited by his son Edward and remained in the family until they sold up in 1925. By the 1930s the house had become a country hotel and was requisitioned by the military during the Second World War who billeted Canadian troops in both the main building and surrounding parkland. Between 1945-71 the property remained empty and gradually began to deteriorate with trees growing inside whilst the only inhabitants were a herd of cows. After 15 years of trying to purchase the property and with a demolition order looming the building was finally obtained by James Doyle, an antique collector and leader of the Racial Preservation Society, an anti-immigration group which later became part of the National Front. During the late 1960s and 70s the house's gothic looks became popular with film makers and starred in Richard Attenborough's 'Oh What a Lovely War' , three Hammer horror films including The Legend of Hell House, two Michael Caine films - The Black Windmill and The Eagle has Landed, and Holocaust 2000 starring Kirk Douglas. It was also used as a location for the 1970s Cinzano adverts starring Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins and music videos for Landscape's 'Norman Bates', see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLvnYwvJMKE and Robin Gibb's 'Juliet', see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3k3y7dykx0, as well as providing the cover for Toyah's 1980 album, the Blue Meaning, see http://eil.com/images/main/Toyah+-+The+Blue+Meaning+-+LP+RECORD-229861.jpg By 1981 Doyle wanted something smaller and sold out to Ebrahim Golestan, an Iranian film maker who had left his home country in 1978, marking a full turn of the wheel as Huth had originally been an ardent Orientalist who could speak fluent Persian. The new owner's desire for privacy meant the end of the property's career as a film set in 1984 returning the house to a quiet, peaceful country residence. The grounds which were built up over the last quarter of the 19th century were reduced after 1945 with parts of the estate broken up and sold to the owners of both East and West Lodges and The Coach House.

The north west corner of Wykehurst Park on the junction of Colwood and Jeremy's Lane. The column on the triangle of grass is a post box.

See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/226604 from August 2006. Spot the differences.

View from the northern end at Jeremy's Lane. The High Weald banks and heads into the Low Weald from this point with superb views of the South Downs in the distance.

Black iron cap finial - 3 arms; East Sussex wood by the UC road, in parish of Bolney (Mid Sussex District), Colwood Lane, on grass triangle at junction of Jeremy's Lane with Colwood Lane. Surveyed Milestone Society National ID: SX_TQ2524