Cobham Hall

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Cobham Hall is a country house in Cobham, Kent, England. There has been a manor house on the site since the 12th century. The current building consists of a pair of Tudor wings built for William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham in the 16th century and a later classical central block. 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 a girls' boarding and day school. 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 fights Keith Allen in a room full of priceless treasures was filmed in the Gilt Hall. Scenes from an adaption of Bleak House were also filmed outside the building.