Interesting things that I have not thought about very much before.

But do we really know where Mycroft lives? We've only seen him places where he's working on visiting the family. I would have assumed that he lives somewhere on his own, but maybe I'm forgetting something.

Interesting thread, bb. 

Yes, Musgrave Hall was the family home. I suppose they used the name from the Canon story because of the riddle but it is a bit strange to put the Holmeses in the house that appeared in such a well-known story.

I agree, Mycroft's house could be the one from all three episodes although I still wonder about the shabby kitchen. It is interesting that he seems to have kept the style from his childhood home whereas the Holmes cottage seems far more cosy and less grand or pretentious. 

 

besleybean wrote:

I've always assumed it's the same grand house we've seen each time: in ASIB, in TST  and in the opening horror scene of TFP.
Incidentally, did I get the name of the house right...the one that burned down?

Oh, yes, of course! Funny, I never thought about whether the horror scene took place in Mycroft's home or not. I guess it's because we don't see him in that kind of space very much. But it must be his home.
That would go with the comment on pretension since it seems like a rather large place for just one person (though I suppose it could still be pleasant sometimes).

Country squires could be rather grand though, if you think of Brideshead Revisited!

Maybe Mycroft was buying old portraits of noble people who looked like him?

besleybean wrote:

Ha.
Definitely the ancestors and very grand indeed.

So how did he get them? They can't have been at Musgrave when it burnt down. Did he get them from Uncle Rudi?