Website:https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/ (Somerset House)https://media.somersethouse.org.uk/documents/NEW_Filming__Photography_at_Somerset_House.pdf (Somerset House - filming and photography)https://vimeo.com/575800057 (Film London Premiere Locations Showcase)
Description:18th Century building with five wings, four of which surround a cobbled courtyard which features a controllable dancing fountain illuminated by fibre-optic lighting. The courtyard is surrounded with austere facades and trench-like areas bringing light into the basements below. The river terrace faces the Thames. Cobbled road to North of Courtyard (Running East-West) also runs under arches at main entrance. Dry moat running around courtyard. Many stairways, walkways and a tunnel. The light wells surrounding the Great Court can be used for period street scenes. There is an ice rink available from the end of November to the end of January each year (can be exclusively available for filming at the end of January).
General Notes:Doubling / Stand In: MI6 HQ (Tomorrow Never Dies) Moscow (Goldeneye) 1780s New York (Sleepy Hollow) The Winter Palace / Hermitage in St Petersburg building attacked by Bolshevik revolutionaries Courtyard doubled as Buckingham Palace courtyard (Agent Cody Banks II) Underbelly/Lightwells used as Pentonville Prison (Sherlock Holmes) Inland Revenue vacated offices (East Wing) doubles as Whitehall Offices. London streets (Burke & Hare) Newgate Prison (Great Expectations) Buckingham Palace exterior (Darkest Hour)
Jurisdictions::Westminster
