On Location: The
Prisoner Part
1 The
Thatched Barn Hotel which features in an episode of Patrick McGoohan's series
The Prisoner entitled The Girl Who Was Death was on the corner
of Elstree Way and the Barnet By-Pass on the A.1 in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire.
In The Girl Who Was Death, Number Six, Patrick McGoohan's character
(played in this scene by McGoohan's stunt-double) can be seen driving his Lotus
Elan into the car park of the Thatched Barn and leaving it to the left of the
hotel's restaurant entrance, he then gets out of the car and proceeds up the steps
to the hotel's restaurant. The next scene takes place inside a mock-up
of the hotel bar at the nearby MGM British Studios in Elstree Way (formerly Amalgamated
Studios).
The
Thatched Barn (Elstree Moat House) in November 1989 An
event for enthusiasts of The Prisoner was held at the former Thatched Barn
Hotel on Sunday November 5 1989. This event was a very timely one, as the hotel
which by now was known as the Elstree Moat House, was scheduled for imminent demolition.
 A
Caterham 7 ('Limited Prisoner Edition') pictured outside the Thatched Barn
The
Thatched Barn Roadhouse was commissioned in 1927 by a lady named Mrs Merrick,
and it opened for business in 1934. The Thatched Barn was an ideal resting place
for weary travellers, and because of its proximity to the local studios, it played
host to many actors from the film world, including; Elizabeth Taylor, Richard
Burton and Trevor Howard, who regularly stayed there. It was not uncommon to see
the stars of the day dining in the restaurant and having a drink in the
bar. Later, with the advent of regular television productions at the nearby studios,
particularly in the 1960s and 1970s the Thatched Barn was used by many television
actors of the day, including Patrick McGoohan.
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