english country house at the heart of the recent oscar-nominated drama the imitation game , about the cracking of germany 's wartime enigma code .
the first was wartime naval cryptographer and enigma codebreaker dillwyn knox , who bought it in 1921 and lived there until his death in 1943 .
his funeral was attended by many from bletchley park , and a memorial stone to knox can be found bordering the property .