7 Larkswood Lane

### Characters associated with this location

Residents: Albert, Charlie, Angelo, Mike King, Ellie, Mike Mason, Mike (4), Rita King, Katy Andrews, Nancy Mancini.

## Production

### Series

1 to 12 (All)

**7 Larkswood Lane** is a (fictional) house in Cricklewood, London where nearly everything in "Mike and Angelo" happens. The house is present in every single episode of the show, and remains mostly the same throughout the show's run.

## Appearance

### Architecture

At it's youngest, 7 Larkswood Lane is a Victorian house - as it features high ceilings and a coal chute within the cellar. However, the house has also been referenced within the show of being of Elizabethan origin so this era may be more accurate.

The house is quite large, with two main floors, a loft and a basement.

### Rooms

#### First Floor

* Mike's Bedroom
* Rita/Katy's Bedroom
* Bathroom
* Hidden Doorway to Loft/Angelo's Room.
* Hallway/Top of the Staircase

#### Ground Floor

* Entrance/Hallway
* Lounge/Drawing Room
* Kitchen
* Cupboard (beside the front door)
* Entrance of Basement (in Kitchen)
* Back doors (to Garden)
* Garden
* Shed (in Garden)

## History

### Before 1989

It is unknown when the house was built, as (naturally) it is never explained. However, the house existed in 1898, as seen in the episode "Upstairs, Downstairs" (S10:E4) where Angelo, Mike and Katy end up 100 years in the past after the Time Machine goes haywire. It's residents at this point are Albert, a Scrooge-like man and his nephew Charlie.

The next time the house is seen chronologically is in 1988/9, shortly before Rita and Mike move in, in the title sequence. The house is officially vacant at this moment, however it gains a resident in the form of Angelo, who crashes into what would become Mike's room in a spaceship/wardrobe.

### During the Show

The house gains it's next official residents, with Rita and Mike King moving in from Boston, MA. They discover Angelo in his wardrobe and let him stay in the house with them.

Later in Series 4, Mike moves back out to Boston and is breifly replaced by Ellie, and later Mike Mason.

Sometime between the end of Series 6 and beginning of Series 7, Rita moves back to Boston, and Mike and Angelo are left alone for a few weeks, with Bob Mancini checking in on them occasionally. In Series 7, They hire Katy Andrews to look after the house and Mike and Angelo.

In the episode "Down in the Dumps" (S9:E1), Angelo nearly completly destroys the house in attempt to recive a council grant to fix a damp patch. Upon seeing the new condition of the house, the council instead plan to demolish it - Angelo then successfully convinces them to save it by make up fake stories about it's historical value.

In Series 10, Mike Mason also returns to Boston. The next Mike to live in the house would be Mike (no.4), nephew of Katy in Series 12.

## Trivia

* As of 2020, there is not a single real street named Larkswood Lane anywhere. The closest to it in both name and location is the area of Larkswood, Chingford, (North-East) London.
* The internal layout of 7 Larkswood Lane remains largely consistent throughout the shows entire run.
* The house is rarely seen for the outside - it's exterior is only fully shown in the first series. Similarly, the house is rarely left in the series - with some rare moments outside occuring in "Jitterbugs" (S9:E7), "Stars in His Eyes" (S10:E7), "The Time Machine" (S3:E4), "My Pal Puck" (S8:E4) and "The Return of Hank Sinatra" (S12:E10).