Ellingham Hall, Site of Julian Assange's "Mansion Arrest"

Ellingham Hall, the site of Julian Assange's "mansion arrest" until his next court appearance on January 11, seen here, sits on a 650-acre estate a little more than 100 miles northeast of London.

Vaughan Smith

Julian Assange's new home for his "mansion arrest" has been provided by famed British TV journalist Vaughan Smith, seen here entering court in support of Assange Thursday.

Ellingham Hall

His conditional bail requires that he remain at Ellingham Hall, as well as check in daily with police, wear an ankle monitor and observe a curfew.

Ellingham Hall from the back

Suffolk County, the site of Ellingham Hall, is close to England's east coast, and is mostly flat. Its official tourism website encourages visitors to "indulge yourself in wide open spaces, beautiful coastline, incredible local food and drink and a wonderful range of luxury accommodation."

The east gate to Ellingham Hall

As for Vaughan Smith himself, he shot to prominence in the 1990s by being a freelance TV photographer who got some of the only combat video of U.S. forces advancing into Iraq, according to the Newseum. While working in Kosovo, Smith survived a sniper's bullet when it lodged in the cell phone he was carrying.

Ellingham Hall

Ellingham Hall's Facebook page says it is available for weddings.

Ellingham Hall

On the bio for Ellingham Hall's Facebook page, it reads: "Ellingham Hall is a superb venue for beautiful lakeside wedding receptions, within a traditional parkland and with the optional support of our own first-rate catering. Ellingham Hall is a Georgian house set in traditional parkland in the Waveney Valley. Couples can have very personalized lakeside wedding receptions in the park, secure in the knowledge that they have a setting that is second to none."

Ellingham Hall

Vaughan Smith, in a letter to members of his Frontline Club, said: "I am suspicious of the personal charges that have been made against Mr Assange and hope that this will be properly resolved by the courts. Certainly no credible charges have been brought regarding the leaking of the information itself."