'It was hideous but it worked'

The living room is overlooked by a taxidermy zebra. Roland Emmerich instructed interior designer John Teall to ensure the interior was "as non-frumpy as possible" Photograph: Michael Franke/PR

Mao and Lenin fill the length of the 25ft living room wall. Scenic artist James Gemmill drew the murals that pepper the house Photograph: Michael Franke/PR

A diorama of John F Kennedy's assassination in one of several glass-topped tables containing 3D models of politically significant places, including Abu Ghraib prison, Tiananmen Square, and the LA neighbourhood where Hugh Grant had his infamous encounter with a prostitute Photograph: Michael Franke/PR

The "blackboard room" features a military dentist's chair and a desk made from a fighter plane wing. The room is so-called because of its floor-to-ceiling chalkboards featuring architectural drawings and mathematical equations inspired by a scene in the film A Beautiful Mind Photograph: Michael Franke/PR

The entrance to the downstairs bathroom is a replica of an eight-foot office door from the ministry of internal affairs in Moscow Photograph: Michael Franke/PR

There is a life-size waxwork of Pope John Paul II under the stairs, poring over his own obituaries Photograph: Michael Franke/PR

A patriotic shower curtain adorns the bathroom Photograph: Michael Franke/PR

The panelled study features a table shaped like a missile Photograph: Michael Franke/PR

An old-master style painting of the Crucifixion shows Jesus sporting a Wham T-shirt Photograph: Michael Franke/PR

A camp English bedroom features hand-painted rose wallpaper, Charles and Di wedding dolls in the fireplace, and Alison Jackson's photographs of a fake royal family in various compromising situations Photograph: Michael Franke/PR

The American bedroom features a bed throw made from vintage army underwear, a headboard made from an aeroplane wing, and a Photoshopped photograph of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sporting a dressing gown and a hairy six-pack Photograph: Michael Franke/PR

The giant White House-shaped birdcage in the top-floor hallway contains stuffed white doves Photograph: Michael Franke/PR

Taxidermy abounds, from full-sized and miniature animals to zebra-hoofed lamps. Emmerich also added his own considerable collection of phalluses into the mix Photograph: Michael Franke/PR

Only the library, with its listed wood panelling and lime green, silk upholstered walls, feels like a room your mother might feel comfortable in. But look closely, and there's a phallus on the mantlepiece Photograph: Michael Franke/PR

The garden terrace features skylights through to the living room. The chair was made from oil cans Photograph: Michael Franke/PR