The Architecture of: The Old Penn Station in Film

Old Penn Station, NYC  Mckim Mead & White, Architects 1910 -1963

Blast of Silence [1961]

Blast of Silence [1961]

Blast of Silence [1961]

Blast of Silence [1961]

The Clock [1945]

Strangers on a Train [1951]

Strangers on a Train [1951]

Strangers on a Train [1951]

Strangers on a Train [1951]

Strangers on a Train [1951]

Strangers on a Train [1951]

Strangers on a Train [1951]

Strangers on a Train [1951]

Strangers on a Train [1951]

Strangers on a Train [1951]

Strangers on a Train [1951]

Strangers on a Train [1951]

That Kind of Woman [1959]

Killer That Stalked New York [1950]

Killer That Stalked New York [1950]

Killer That Stalked New York [1950]

Palm Beach Story [1942]

Palm Beach Story [1942]

Black Widow [1954]

Red Light [1949]

Red Light [1949]

Dear Heart [1964]

Dear Heart [1964]

Dear Heart [1964]

Dear Heart [1964]

Dear Heart [1964]

Hat Full of Rain [1957]

Palm Beach Story [1954]

Dead Reckoning [1947]

Spellbound [1945]

The Naked City [1948]

The Seven Year Itch [1955]

The Seven Year Itch [1955]

The Seven Year Itch [1955]

The Seven Year Itch [1955]

The Seven Year Itch [1955]

Architecture of: The Dig [2021]

Architecture of: The Dig [2021]

Director: Simon Stone

Filming Location: Norney Grange, Shackleford, Surrey,  England  

Production Design by Maria Djurkovic  

Art Direction by Max Klaentschi

Architect Charles Voysey 1897 (designed); 1903 (extended)

Exteriors

Interiors

Half-paneled wall with push-button electrical switches at right

Faceted, bow-shaped, concave face of stone fireplace surround at entry foyer

Faceted, concave face of glazed brick fireplace surround & riveted brass trim detail at bedroom

Smaller details 

Child's space-ship toy

Cold salmon

Bedframe

Worker's trailer with shallow bow roof, wood clapboard siding, 

Village buildings with terracotta shingle siding 

Worker's house and out-buildings

The futuristic sci-fi film being watched in the local movie house

Original plan and elevation drawings