Bletchley Park 18-7-25 46 Mansion Billiard Room
During WW2 this room was filled with teleprinters and the staff who operated them. Teleprinters were noisy devices used for transmitting and receiving messages in text over the ordinary telephone network.
Access was through the bay window entrance. it connected to a newly built annex containing a telephone exchange (now demolished). It also provided access to the Ballroom beyond, where more teleprinter machines were housed.
The Billiard Room was part of the early mansion built by Samuel Seckham between 1881 and 1883, It was originally a freestanding single storey building connected to the rest of the house by a doorway in the east wall (the wall containing the current entrance). The walls are particularly thick in places, as you would expect of exterior walls.
After the house was bought by Sir Herbert Leon in 1883, the room was made taller and the high ceiling, resembling a medieval great hall. was installed. The large recess at the far end contained a fireplace.
Bletchley Park 18-7-25 46 Mansion Billiard Room
During WW2 this room was filled with teleprinters and the staff who operated them. Teleprinters were noisy devices used for transmitting and receiving messages in text over the ordinary telephone network.
Access was through the bay window entrance. it connected to a newly built annex containing a telephone exchange (now demolished). It also provided access to the Ballroom beyond, where more teleprinter machines were housed.
The Billiard Room was part of the early mansion built by Samuel Seckham between 1881 and 1883, It was originally a freestanding single storey building connected to the rest of the house by a doorway in the east wall (the wall containing the current entrance). The walls are particularly thick in places, as you would expect of exterior walls.
After the house was bought by Sir Herbert Leon in 1883, the room was made taller and the high ceiling, resembling a medieval great hall. was installed. The large recess at the far end contained a fireplace.