The X-Files: London location

The ‘Somerset’ home of the Well-Manicured Man (John Neville) in the X-Files movie is not in England at all, but in California, at 380 South San Rafael Avenue, Pasadena, the Tudor-style mansion seen in Topper, Dead Again and Rush Hour.

When Mulder is summoned to attend the meeting of elders, that really is London. The entrance is Queen Alexandra’s House, Kensington Gore, SW7, alongside the Albert Hall in Kensington. The interior, however, is once more back in Pasadena. It’s is the Athenaeum, the dining club of the California Institute of Technology, at 551 South Hill Avenue (a frequently used location, seen in Beverly Hills Cop and True Romance among others).