Beautiful fake
This is supposedly the most-viewed house in Sussex at the moment and it can be yours for £1M. It is part of the old Tudor Close Hotel and it was the inspiration for the board game Clue (Cluedo in its native Britain).
The hotel was a popular stop for Hollywood celebs in the Thirties. Management often hired actors and put on elaborate murder mysteries to entertain guests. Anthony Pratt hosted one, and then went on to develop Cluedo. Seems a bit of a cheat, really.
The setting is actually still called Tudor Mansion in the game. The house is a fake, kind of. It was built in the Twenties but with original materials – old ship’s beams, Tudor fireplaces. So an authentic fake, I guess.
There is a lot of that kind of architecture around and it really should have its own name. What do I know? It probably does.
Have I played Clue? I so. Is that the one with “Colonel Mustard, in the library, with a candlestick”?
You can get it on Steam now, if you’re so inclined.
August 11, 2021 — 8:45 pm
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