A Grade II listed mansion that has featured in a string of films and television shows could have vital repairs made to it, according to new plans. 

Wrango Hall, in Village Lane in Denham, most recently featured in ITV drama series Quiz in 2020, reliving the scandal surrounding Major Charles Ingram’s Who Wants to be a Millionaire win.

At the time, it had been put up for sale by the most recent owners John and Margaret Ashbrook, who had lived there since 1951, but now the house appears to have been bought by someone new. 

The new owner has been undertaking a "significant" programme of conservation and repairs since taking it over - and fresh plans for the final part of the overhaul have been put forward. 

This will include the repair, stabilisation and partial rebuild of some of the boundary walls, new electric timber gates, an intercom box and new postbox opening and the removal of a late 19th-century sundial and a coal chute. 

The history of Wrango Hall is well-documented, and agents for the applicant says research shows the mansion has had a "series of wealthy owners" who have reworked parts of the three-storey home. 

Previous owners have included William Newbury, a tobacco merchant, from 1637 to 1663, Colonel Sir Thomas De Veil, a magistrate, from 1720 to 1737, and William Sedgwick in 1774 - East India Company Captain of the EIC Ship ‘London’ sailing to Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, Canton and others in the 1750s and around then; moving bullion, tea and Indian trade goods. 

From 1788 until 1918 it was owned by Benjamin Way, an MP for Bridport, and family. 

The outside of the property has featured in classic British films like 'Oh Daddy' in 1939 and Mr Horatio Knibbles from 1971. 

The agents for the new owners said the repairs will help "preserve the historic fabric" of the important building and will "enhance its historic and aesthetic significance". 

They said: "The proposed works present the culmination of a significant program of conservation and repair. This has been rightly focused on works to secure the preservation of the fabric and structure of the principal building.

"The works forming the subject of this current application are the last major anticipated works of repair to the house and its associated structures.

"In addition to being of historic significance in their own right, the boundary walls make a significant contribution to the setting of Wrango Hall and wider conservation area.

"Their repair and sympathetic restoration will not only ensure their preservation, but have a positive aesthetic benefit in the wider streetscape. The new gates will complement the historic setting.

"The works to the basement windows are necessary for the repair of the historic fabric.

"The aesthetic and structural integrity of the brick arches and surrounding masonry has been treated with little regard in the 20th century whilst the external appearance of the concrete and service covers in close proximity to the principal entrance significantly diminish the appearance of this key element of the building and its immediate environs.

"The works will also allow light and much needed ventilation into the functional basement rooms."