Henry Fortune's House of Illusion

Henry Fortune's House of Illusion

Overwhelmingly positive (75 ratings)

  • Escape room
  • IRL

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Henry Fortune is a magician, but are his tricks the only secrets he's hiding? As a child Henry toured the world with his family's famous magic show, House Of Illusion. Henry would wait patiently backstage during the performances just wishing for the day he would be allowed to take his place in the limelight. Unfortunately, Henry's parents didn't think he was good enough to be included in the show. Henry grew up bitter and disillusioned with the world, the anger and resentment he felt towards his family intensified and then...... they disappeared! Henry's Mother, Father, Girlfriend, his Aunt and Uncle and several of the show's performers and staff just vanished! Henry claims they've all gone abroad to continue the show without him, but Henry's Grandfather suspects something terrible has happened to them. That's where you come in! Henry's Grandfather has hired your team of Time Detectives to try and find out what happened to his missing family. He recently found a riddle left by Henry and he believes there may be more, he needs you to go undercover and have a good look around. He's sent Henry a case of his favourite whiskey, that should keep him distracted whilst you have a look around for clues. You'll usually find Henry in his private box in the theatre or at The Black Cat Magic Shop at the end of Chapel Street. See what evidence you can find, but don't let Henry catch you. Henry is short tempered and impatient! Don't blow your cover whatever you do!

  • 2-10
  • 60 mins
  • Not scary

Awards

Ratings

All (75)

Overwhelmingly positive

Gameplay
Very positive
Atmosphere
Very positive
Customer service
Very positive

Reviews

@Joanna241
Joanna241

96 escape rooms

Our third visit, and the reason we drive down from Glasgow, and we’ve left as happy as ever. This story was fun and engaging, and got us doing things we’ve never done before in an escape room. Everything is beautiful. Everything is designed and made to an exacting standard and made me want to stay in the 1930s. It’s fun-filled non-stop puzzling from start to finish and we can’t wait to get back. If you’ve yet to visit Escape Quest but are a puzzle fan then treat yourself and get booked in. Elaine and Mike are a joy who know their craft and treat you like welcome friends.

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Story
Sep 27, 2025 | Experienced Sep 27, 2025
@EscapeBeth94
EscapeBeth94

73 escape rooms

Another fantastic room from Escape Quest as part of the Chapel Gate Mysteries! Very clever puzzles and an interesting story makes this a really fun room to complete. The owners always make it a joyful and fun visit, it’s clear they’ve poured a love of escape rooms into building this.

Gameplay

Great story that flowed well and puzzles were well integrated. Creative and very clever puzzles!

Atmosphere

Great set design which was really immersive

Customer service

Always a lovely welcome at Escape Quest! They remembered us from previous visits which was lovely!

Story

Fantastic story which was immersive and fun!

Difficulty

Medium

As with other Chapel Gate Mysteries, there is a main objective and then additional bonus quests - which makes it really adaptable and suitable for a range of experienced or new players!

Game tech

Mechanical

Lots of traditional locks in this room, with lots of very clever and creative puzzles.

Ideal number of players

4

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

10

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Some running (or walking) back and forth required.

Accessibility

Audio and colour puzzles involved

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Parking available really close by.

Sep 20, 2025 | Experienced Sep 20, 2025
@LouisSuddaby23
LouisSuddaby23

73 escape rooms

The Chapelgate Mysteries series from Escape Quest never disappoints! Follows the formula of the other games in the series without feeling repetitive. The couple who run EQ are super friendly and are clearly huge escape room enthusiasts which comes across in the level of detail and cleverness in the game. Would highly recommend

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Gameplay

Follows the enjoyable Chapelgate Mysteries formula

Atmosphere
Customer service

As always, given the friendliest welcome

Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story
Difficulty

Hard

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

4

The collector element rewards larger teams who can split up

Scary

Not scary

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Accessibility

Some colour recognition required

Easy to find location

Yes

Near Macclesfield Bus Station

Parking

Easy

Car park a 2 min walk away

Sep 20, 2025 | Experienced Sep 20, 2025

S

Samcrashb4

59 escape rooms

Escape quest and it’s wonderful chapel street are always a delight to return to but we have to say this game out of the four we have played here so far really stood out! Henry fortune is quite a character and we felt an added tension and fun factor to this game compared to others, it was really amazing! Puzzles wise this is very similar to the other games here, an initial quest followed by lots and lots of puzzles to accumulate a score! I really can not recommend this one enough!

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Live actors

No

Sep 1, 2025 | Experienced Aug 29, 2025
@Elkinis
Elkinis

95 escape rooms

Yet another fantastic room. As a team of 3 there were lots of great puzzles to keep everyone busy.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Quirky setting, always fun to do.

Story
Difficulty

Medium

Ideal number of players

4

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

12

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Nov 3, 2024
@MufcMason
MufcMason

64 escape rooms

Absolutely fantastic - 10/10! Escape quest has been the most hyped experiences that we've come across and it didn't disappoint, brilliant hosts and the experience itself is fun with a lot to do

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Minimum age

13

Nov 1, 2024
@Samsham
Samsham

176 escape rooms

Another excellent room from Escape Quest, we had such a laugh and blast playing despite being flat out for the whole hour. Great hosting as always!

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story
Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

4

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

12

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Accessibility

N/A

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Oct 26, 2024
@lucydetolcrew
lucydetolcrew

79 escape rooms

We had a brilliant time playing this room! The set design was amazing - you can tell a LOT of time has been put into it - it had a great variety of puzzles and locks and the whole narrative was so immersive and fun! Especially loved the magic show element and the hosts were so lovely. Can’t wait for the next instalment!

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Loved the performance element!

Story
Difficulty

Hard

Ideal number of players

6

Scary

Spooky

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Sep 25, 2024 | Experienced Oct 15, 2023

K

KNOH39

76 escape rooms

Another great room at Escape quest! We enjoyed the performance element because it was unique and kept us engaged with the host. As always lots and lots of great puzzles!

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story
Difficulty

Hard

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

4

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

9

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Sep 21, 2024 | Experienced Sep 21, 2024
@MagsB
MagsB

120 escape rooms

So impressed with the theming, great storyline and so much to keep our family of 5 busy with the non linear puzzles. Will definitely be back for another trip on the time machine 😀

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Scary

Not scary

Easy to find location

Yes

Oct 20, 2023 | Experienced Oct 20, 2023

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Editorial

  • Henry Fortune’s House of Illusion is as fun as it is different.

    The Logic Escapes Me
  • It is imaginative and daringly different... high quality gamemastering.

    Escape The Review
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