117 Brixton Road

Victorian terraced house used as a poultry farm with a back yard full of geese.

In the Sherlock Holmes series, 117 Brixton Road emerges in 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' as a nondescript Victorian terraced house masking a clandestine poultry farm, where a backyard teems with geese bred for a singular, audacious crime. This unassuming South London address serves as the nerve center for the heist of the Blue Carbuncle from Lady Moran's Countess of Morcar's jewel case, highlighting Holmes' knack for unearthing felonies in the most ordinary locales. Though it appears only once, the location underscores the series' theme of hidden villainy lurking behind everyday facades, with no further evolution in subsequent books.