I’ve always wondered about the homes/buildings used in the Poirot series. I ran across this article and literally went “Yes”.
While Poirot was set in the 1930s, the designers for the long-running ITV series tried to avoid delivering a kitsche Art-Deco celebration. The producers, led by Brian Eastman were true to spirit of the more important International Moderne. In a recent Guardian article, Eastman said “..the TV set was 30s ‘moderne’, not actually Art Deco, because Agatha Christie had explained in a profile of Poirot that Art Deco was too flamboyant for him”.[1]. That is not to say that the Poirot TV episodes weren’t a feast of beautiful houses, flats, hotels and offices used as TV locations, many of them in International Moderne style with sumptuous Art Deco interiors. However, Poirot and Hasting’s travels took them to a wide range of houses for their TV locations from the austere Georgian classicism of Castern Hall to the exquisite Tudor detailing of Chenies Manor House and Dorney Court. The Chimni Wiki, while providing detailed information on house history and construction, wants to be able to provide the answer to the perennial question that arises while watching Poirot: ‘God that house is lovely! Where is it’?