Inside the abandoned £23m British mansion used for James Bond film Never Say Never Again
GOLDEN GILDED doors, painted prints of her majesty the Queen, and a luxurious indoor spa are just some of the necessary amenities any James Bond mansion should have.
However, this unnamed £23million site in East Anglia, that once served Sean Connery in his last turn as the legendary 007 in the iconic 1983 film Never Say Never Again, has since been abandoned.
The lavish property remains regally decorated in golden gilded doors and chandeliers and still includes painted prints of the Queen, Prince Charles, Prince William and Princess Kate.
One of these spots is particularly note-worthy to fans as the elegant room number 007 still glistens, and is also clad with exuberant velvet bedding for the lothario agent.
The mansion also contains picturesque looks over a stone courtyard before the eyes can feast on luscious country landscapes, a storey above a kitted-out spa.
Atop of the vast building is a lean spire boasting 360-degree views unveiling green forests and expansive fields, that also bizarrely features a cannon from the Russian War.
The former hotel and spa was visited by Salesmen Matt Nadin, 39, and Andy Thompson, 53, of South Yorkshire, who were left speechless by the now-isolated spot.
In the hit 1983 film, the iconic super-spy is recalled from exile after a routine training mistake to investigate the theft of two nuclear weapons by SPECTRE.
The urban explorers visited key areas famously once used in the smash Bond flick from where 007 rests and recovers from a recent fight scene.
Matt said: “The location was immaculate, left exactly as it would have been when the guests stayed here. We had read that one day the hotel just shut its doors with no real explanation and you can see nothing had been removed.
“Books in the library, pictures on the walls, the place was any urban explorers dream full of original features, history and a film set to complete the amazing location!
“It’s fantastic, the lower rooms feature heavily in the film and we have both watched back film to spot the rooms we were in.
“It can be seen in the bit where Bond is resting and recovering, where the fight scene is and at the beginning as we walk through where the artwork and chandeliers are.
“We just looked at each other speechless which is absolutely not like us.
“We felt fear like you do in any of these huge mansions and places with security but also disbelief at what we had walked into.
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“I had my usual rush of excitement climbing the roof which is his favourite part of any explore we do.
“We go to these places to document them before they are changed and lost forever and love showing people what they may walk past every day and not even realise are there.”
Matt and Andy filmed the location for their YouTube channel Finders Beepers History Seekers, releasing their video this week (April 21).
