The Studios Used To Produce Monty Python Could Be Your New Home

Converted grain silos, aircraft factories and churches may be fun, but what could be more cool than saying you live in the studios once used to produce Monty Python? An iconic piece of British cultural heritage imbued with a contemporary edge, take a look inside this impressive north London home. 

Monty Python’s Milkwood Studios Have Been Transformed Into A Home

What has Milkwood Studios ever done for us? Or rather, a more apt question: apart from bringing Monty Python’s Flying Circus to our screens; continuing the legacy of Britain’s greatest comedy troupe; and providing us with endless hours of laughter – what has Milkwood Studios ever done for us?

Purpose-built in the 1980s to produce and edit Monty Python’s Flying Circus sketch show, when the studio stopped being a studio, rather than going to meet its maker it was adapted into a contemporary home. First converted into a residential property a decade ago, the building has been more recently transformed into a four-bedroom house by Powell Tuck Associates and interior designer Marianna Tiegen, who worked together to introduce additional daylight and add a greater sense of openness to the space.

Step Inside

Set behind a gated entrance that separates the property from its covered carport (like an airport, but for cars) a silver birch tree-lined path leads the way to the internal courtyard garden and glass-clad entrance hall. 

Much like Monty Python’s four Yorkshire men (‘House? You were lucky to have a house! We used to live in one room’), the majority of the living space in this property is confined to one open-plan room – albeit a 4000 sqft studio space with a floor-to-ceiling library, cinema, games room, gym, and combined kitchen, dining, and living areas (probably not what the Yorkshire men had in mind when they were one-upping each other with their woes). A reminder of the TV studio which came before, industrial materials, polished concrete floors, corrugated metal roof, and exposed steel girders are softened by the natural light streaming through a central skylight and steel-framed glass doors.

Meanwhile, the dining and living areas are defined by a mid-century aesthetic. A wooden dining table with leather cantilever chairs flows into a central seating area which features white tuxedo sofas arranged around a burnished fireplace. At the far end, the kitchen is designed with stainless steel surfaces and double-height cupboards accessed via a sliding ladder – the perfect prop for physical comedy if you’re feeling inspired by the property’s past inhabitants. 

Moving away from the main living area, the bedrooms are arranged across three levels. The principal suite on the first floor includes vaulted ceilings and a separate dressing room, while a roof light floods the adjoining bathroom with natural light. Also on this floor is a guest bedroom plus charcoal bathroom, while the conservatory-turned-bedroom which sits above opens onto an expansive roof terrace adorned with leafy planting. 

Where Is It?

Located in North London’s Primrose Hill, Delancey Street is within walking distance of both Camden High Street and Regent’s Park Road. It is a six minute walk from Camden Town tube station. 

Who Were Monty Python?

In case you’ve been living under a dry and humourless rock, the legendary British comedy troupe formed in 1969 consisted of beloved comics Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. Their famed Flying Circus sketch show aired on the BBC from 1969 to 1974, followed by the films Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Life of Brian (1979) and The Meaning of Life (1983). They are best remembered today by their most iconic sketches including the dead parrot sketch, the Spanish inquisition, the argument clinic and the four Yorkshire men – to name a few. 

The property is available to rent either for a long let rate of £65,000 per month or a short let rate of £108,333 per month. Find out more at domusnova.com