Bliss of Mrs Blossom [1968]

[midwinter]

can any out there tell me where the main house from this film is located?

many thanks.

[harryfielder]

THE BLISS OF MRS BLOSSOM…Joseph McGrath…

Cast Inc…Richard Attenborough…James Booth…

Filmed for a week at Alexandra Palace North London dressed as a fireman.

Lots of girls on Kirby wires hoisted up in the air as their bra’s inflated.

A young Bob Monkhouse looking very hippy. (It was 68)



Aitch,

[midwinter]

thanks aitch,

sounds like you were in the thick of it... you lucky man!

[NickA]

The exterior shots of Mr & Mrs Blossom's house were filmed at my grandparents' house in Putney. The interior was a set at Twickenham film studios.

[DocRobertPepper]

name='NickA']The exterior shots of Mr & Mrs Blossom's house were filmed at my grandparents' house in Putney. The interior was a set at Twickenham film studios.

Can you say where in Putney as i can pop down there a take a snap

[DocRobertPepper]

name='NickA' timestamp='1250447102' post='316592']

The exterior shots of Mr & Mrs Blossom's house were filmed at my grandparents' house in Putney. The interior was a set at Twickenham film studios.

Any chance of telling us the address of the house as i live near by and take a few photos

[SainT]

This film is among the first British films I watched on TV in former Yugoslavia in the early 1980s, when I was a small boy. I haven't seen it since those days.

I first saw this thread thanks to the post #6 by DocRobertPepper in 24 October 2010 (refreshing this old thread).
Then I tried to discover the exterior location of Mrs Blossom's house in Putney, but I had no screengrabs.
Unfortunately, in YouTube there was no scene for this film featuring the house.


I found only in the web these two PDF files containing a description of the house:

Creating Space: Production Designer Assheton Gorton (page 365):
The exterior you used for The Bliss of Mrs Blossom's house was very eccentric - an Arts and Crafts house with a cupola.
That was in Putney. I needed a house and that was the only one that kind of matched what I wanted to do. It was off the Upper Richmond Road.

Consumerism, the Swinging Sixties and Assheton Gorton (page 108):
Gorton intuitively selected an Edwardian style chalet bungalow off the Upper Richmond Road, near Barnes in Putney for external shots. The elevation with its clash of architectural elements, where a gable and curved bay is topped by a dormer and cupola, evokes the eclectic mix and match of excesses inside Mrs Blossom's house and life.


The address of Mrs Blossom's house is:
115 Howards Lane
Putney
SW15 6NZ


Typically, only the small area around this house, for Howards Lane and Malbrook Road, (where is the 'T' junction) is not covered by Google Maps Street View.
In this case I think is done intentionally.
Luckily, this house is on 'T' junction, where is visible from Malbrook Road.
I clicked twice on 'Zoom In' button and I did best I could to get this now shot from Google Maps Street View.

115 Howards Lane, Putney - Google Maps Street View


THEN and NOW picture:




Bing Maps Bird's Eye:





Greg

[DocRobertPepper]

Spot on SainT i knew it was round there somewhere and used google street view to try and find it but with of course no luck i even viewed down Howards Lane
will pop down there when the weather is better and get a snap for myself and will post it on here

thanks again for that amazing bit of detective work SainT youve made my week

[SainT]

Thank you for your kind words, Doc!
I've tried to send you the private message regarding this film, but please turn on the 'private messages'.
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Greg