Hunter's Close

In the novel Mrs McGinty's Dead, Hunter's Close is the large Victorian house in Broadhinny where the Wetherby family lived. The late Abigail McGinty used to clean there on Wednesdays. A foreign au pair named Frieda also used to work there. After she left, Poirot took the opportunity to introduce Maude Williams as a replacement so that she could look over the house and its residents to help him in his investigation.

Hunter's Close is described as "a solidly built Victorian house approached by a long untidy drive overgrown with weeds". Poirot considered that he would not like to live in such a house. It is situated in a hollow valley at the foot of the hill (the main topography of Broadhinny). The house is closed in by trees, and its walls "suffocated by ivy". James Bentley thought it was a very unhappy house but he had some happy moments on its grounds.