primarily on the market square, as well as in neighbouring Kersey. In 1986, the film Playing Away, about a visiting cricket team from Brixton, was also filmed in the village. The Market Square is the setting of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1970 film Apotheosis. In 2010, under conditions of strict secrecy, scenes from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 were filmed there. The village's De Vere House represented sections of Godric's Hollow, as backgrounds, since the cast members did not actually visit Lavenham. Lavenham is also the setting for many scenes in the mid-1990s BBC TV drama Lovejoy. An episode aired in December 1994, was titled "Last Tango in Lavenham". Other productions that have used Lavenham as a location include Lowland Village a 1943 British Council release and an episode of Treasure Hunt from February 1988. One legend suggests that the distorted, or "crooked", appearance of many of the town's buildings inspired the poem "A Crooked Little Man". One discussion of the town provides these specifics as to the reason the houses are crooked.The town grew so fast that many of the houses were built in haste with green timber. As the wood dried, the timbers warped causing the houses to bend at unexpected angles. Unfortunately, Lavenham's good times didn't last long. When Dutch refugees settled in Colchester began producing cloth that was cheaper, lighter and more fashionable than Lavenham's, the town's cloth industry went bust. By the time the dried timber started twisting, Lavenham's families had lost its wealth and with no money to rebuild their homes, Lavenham’s crooked houses were left as they were. The best-known crooked house, at 7 High Street (defined as 11 Hall Road in some reviews), was built in the 14th century as part of a Hall House. It has been Grade II listed since 1958 as part of 7–9 High Street. The listing description indicates that 7–9 High Street were divided into two tenements prior to 1958, and that the orange building (originally "the south cross wing") was "very much altered in the C18 and C19" and was "restored with the timber-framing exposed". One report indicates that 7 High Street was originally the medieval hall's servants' quarters. In 2005 and for some time after, the building was an art gallery. The property began operating as tea rooms in 2013 but the business was expected to close after December 2019.