Weston Homes has paid homage to the late great Stanley Kubrick by naming a road after the celebrated Hollywood director within its new landmark development, The Denham Film Studios.
Kubrick, Korda, Spielberg, and Broccoli – all famous film directors with a presence at Denham. Among the movies filmed, produced and first screened here include Hamlet, Great Expectations, Brief Encounter, The Red Shoes and many more. This vibrant village just 30 minutes from London was once a hotbed of cinematic production and famous the world over.
Today, the cinematic legacy continues as Weston Homes names the site’s main thoroughfare, Stanley Kubrick Road, with a special plaque unveiled by his daughter Katharina. It’s a fitting tribute to this genius director who had such strong ties to Denham.
“This is a very exciting development,” Katharina says, clearly moved. “I’m sure Dad would be happy and amused to know that people will be able to drive along a road named after him. I think that millennials and future generations who are unfamiliar with his movies may be inspired to seek out his films and become the next generation of Stanley Kubrick fans.”
The Denham Film Studios is currently being transformed into an outstanding £120 million Art Deco and movie-inspired residential address. Providing 224 converted and newly built homes including 154 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments and 70 four- and five-bedroom family townhouses. The project is highly inclusive, with a wide range of private homes for sale, from one-bed starter homes up to large five-bedroom executive houses.
Stanley Kubrick is one of many prestigious directors who has extensive links to the site.
Founded in 1936 by film producer Alexander Korda as a movie-industry complex for making and producing films, Denham Film Studios became the production centre of numerous Oscar-winning movies, including Brief Encounter, Eyes Wide Shut and The Great Escape, as well as films from the Bond, Superman and Star Wars franchises.
According to historians, Stanley Kubrick was a particular fan of the studios and would often have reels of his movies developed at the studios’ laboratories.
Bob Weston, Chairman of Weston Homes, said: “We are delighted to pay tribute to the enduring legacy of this phenomenal director, who has such strong ties to The Denham Film Studios. Through his films, Stanley Kubrick has had a lasting impact on our culture, and it is only fitting that we commemorate his work at the very site where so many of his movies were completed.
“The Denham Film Studios has played a central role in the history of Hollywood and British movie making, and now people have the chance to live in the very place Kubrick and many others created cinematic history.”
Visitors to The Denham Film Studios will immediately notice Stanley Kubrick Road as its impressive signage will greet them upon entry into the studios, with the road snaking around the entire studio development. Homes along Stanley Kubrick Road include the landmark building Korda House, which has 49 apartments.
The new James Bond-themed show home at The Denham Film Studios stands on the newly-named Stanley Kubrick Road.
This 1,560 sq. ft. four-bedroom show home includes James Bond-themed bedrooms, bathrooms and entertaining spaces with limited edition James Bond prints, memorabilia and gadgets.
The 007 pad also includes a Blofeld-style garden chair, a James Bond ‘shaken-not-stirred’ cocktail bar in the living room, and a vintage Bond Aston Martin will be parked in the driveway for the launch event.
The Denham Film Studios front onto the North Orbital Road in Denham, providing easy commuter access into central London.
The site consists of a new 10.7 acre (4.3 hectares) residential development designed around the original Grade II listed Art Deco film studio headquarters and laboratory building, built in 1936 and designed by Walter Gropius for film producer and studio founder Alexander Korda.
The film studios and laboratory operated between 1936 and 2014, and the new residential development includes the retained and restored Art Deco cinema, where famous movies were first screened to their directors, alongside the Art Deco Actor’s Bar and a community hall.
Residents will also feel like VIPs with access to the on-site concierge available seven days a week. The new homes are designed around garden squares, landscaped grounds, rill water features and private gardens, with the development surrounded by mature woodland.
Reflecting the film studio history of the site, there will be movie-themed artwork throughout the development.
The Actor’s Bar and communal corridors of the apartment buildings feature framed movie posters of the films made at the studios, while the grounds will feature large-format plates of glass (1.6m high by 4m long) etched with scenes from movies produced at the film studios. The glass will be backlit so that it can be illuminated at night.
The buildings and streets within the development are to be named after the movies, film directors and actors/actresses who worked at the film studios. As well as Stanley Kubrick Road, additional famous street names will include Albert Broccoli Road, Celia Johnson Close, Greer Garson Road and Noel Coward Avenue.
Since the development’s launch earlier this year, more than 65% of the development’s first phase of apartments has sold, with purchasers eager to own their very own slice of movie history.
Apartment prices start at £290,000; House prices start from £699,995. To visit The Denham Film Studios, contact Weston Homes at 01895 527 830 or go to www.weston-homes.com