Cobham Hall is a country house in Cobham, Kent

Cobham, Kent

Cobham is a village and civil parish in the Gravesham District of Kent, England. It is located south of Watling Street, the old road from Dover to London, six miles south-east of Gravesend. The hamlet of Sole Street lies within the parish, which covers an area of 1,240 ha and has a population of...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. There has been a manor house

Manor house

A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes...

 on the site since the 12th century. The current building consists of a pair of Tudor wings built for William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham

William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham

William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and a Member of Parliament for Hythe. Although he was viewed by some as a religious radical during the Somerset protectorate, he entertained Elizabeth at Cobham Hall in 1559, signalling his acceptance of the moderate regime.His...

 in the 16th century and a later classical central block, and a kitchen court to the rear added in 1771-73. The most notable feature of the interior is the two storey Gilt Hall.

Cobham Hall remained the family home of the Earls of Darnley until 1957 and is now an independent girls' boarding and day school for ages 11 to 18. It is open to the public on a limited number of days each year.

The building has also been used as a film set. A scene in Agent Cody Banks 2 in which Frankie Muniz

Frankie Muniz

Francisco "Frankie" Muniz IV is an American actor, musician, writer, producer, and racecar driver. He is known primarily as the star of the FOX television family sitcom Malcolm in the Middle. In 2003, he was considered "one of Hollywood's most bankable teens". In 2008, he put his acting career...

 fights Keith Allen in a room full of priceless treasures was filmed in the Gilt Hall. Scenes from an adaption of Bleak House

Bleak House

Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in twenty monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853. It is held to be one of Dickens's finest novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon...

were also filmed outside the building, and it was also used in a few scenes in the comedy sketch show Tittybangbang

Tittybangbang

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The Hall is used as the school in the 2008 film Wild Child

Wild Child (film)

Wild Child is a 2008 American/British/French teen romantic dramedy film starring Emma Roberts, Alex Pettyfer and Natasha Richardson. The film made its American television premiere on ABC Family on August 8, 2010.-Plot:...

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Notable alumnae

• Princess Antonia, Marchioness of Douro
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• Mishal Husain
  Mishal Husain
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• Juliet Jordan-Actress