A real place on screen
Mentmore Towers
A vast neo-Renaissance country house built for Mayer Amschel de Rothschild. Its silhouette, loggias and monumental entrance have repeatedly supplied cinema with an instantly legible image of inherited wealth.
- Architect / attribution
- Joseph Paxton and George Henry Stokes
- Building chronology
- 1852–1854
- Place
- Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
The real building
Mentmore Towers
Films at Mentmore Towers
The Mummy Returns (2001)
On screen: The O’Connell residence
Mentmore Towers is a documented location for the film. The screen home combines the real house with the production’s fictional story and dressing.
Filming evidence
Building sources
A screen appearance does not imply public access. Consult the venue for current visiting arrangements.