For work and play: film director Stanley Kubrick's former home and studio is for sale
Near to Abbots Mead is the Manor Hotel in Barnet Lane which featured in A Clockwork Orange when Alex the Droog is seen jumping from a window to avoid listening to Beethoven. An article on Kubrickian locations by the British Film Institute describes Abbots Mead as "one of the most important buildings in British film history" for being Kubrick's home and studio during an important period of creativity.
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