Anthology: A Collection of Luxury Homes with History by beauchampestateslondon

A COLLECTION OF LUXURY HOMES WITH HISTORY anthology

Discovering their story, explaining their provenance and history and perhaps shining a light on a famous past resident, highlights what makes an address so special.

In this book, we have brought together some interesting stories based on a selection of properties that we have been involved with over the years.

The history of a property is one of the attributes that unquestionably piques the interest of those who may live in such unique homes, as well as those with an interest in history, architecture and people.

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7 CONTENTS ANTHOLOGY 10. Foreword 12. London & Home Counties 13. Albert PrimroseTerraceHill, NW1 17. Bedford Holborn,RowWC2 19. Cannon Hampstead,LaneNW3 23. Curzon Mayfair,StreetW1 25. Eaton Belgravia,SquareSW1 29. Hampstead,Frognal NW3 31. Gatti Strand,HouseWC2 35. Great Queen Street Covent Garden, WC2 37. Hamilton Terrace St John’s Wood, NW8 39. Hamstone House St George’s Hill, Surrey 45. Hanover Terrace Regent’s Park, NW1 49. Hanover Terrace Regent’s Park, NW1 53. Harefield Ickenham,PlaceUxbridge 57. Homer Marylebone,StreetW1 59. Honiley KenilworthHall, Warwickshire 61. Hyde Park Gardens Hyde Park, W2 63. Hyde Park Gate Hyde Park, W2

A COLLECTION OF LUXURY HOMES WITH HISTORY 8 67. Oceanic House St James’s, SW1 71. Old Queen Street St James’s, SW1 73. Old Queen Street St James’s, SW1 77. Prestbury Richmond,HouseSurrey 79. Queen Anne’s Gate St James’s, SW1 83. Rutland Knightsbridge,Gate SW7 85. The Camden,HensonNW1 89. Tobacco Warehouse Stanley Dock, Liverpool 93. Turville Grange Henley, Oxfordshire 99. Whitehall CONTENTS119115.113.109.106.104.Westminster,CourtSW1InternationalTheBeverlyHouseBeverlyHills,LATourtourStTropez,FrenchrivieraVillaLaVoglinaTurin,ItalyVillaVistaMykonos.PhotographyIndex ANTHOLOGY

FOREWORD GARY HERSHAM, FOUNDER

The objective is to provide readers with an enjoyable collection of stories that underline the quality and prestige of the instructions that Beauchamp Estates manage. This book also demonstrates how we go above and beyond for our clients when it comes to the marketing of their properties, not just listing accommodation details and showcasing photography or videos. Our aim is always to make the properties we market come alive and capture the attention of buyers and tenants. Happy reading.

A COLLECTION OF LUXURY HOMES WITH HISTORY 10 of a property. The results are often a combination of registered and anecdotal evidence that is then used to help create a powerful narrative about a property to make our marketing compelling and interesting.Inthisbook we have brought together some of the interesting property stories we have been involved with over the years. All the stories covered in this book are for instructions where Beauchamp Estates acted as sole or joint sole agent for the property.

Over the years, Beauchamp Estates has had the privilege of being asked to market, sell and let some of the finest homes in the world for clients who include Royalty, heads of government and business tycoons. To market these properties, it is important to tell their story, to explain their provenance and history, perhaps shine a light on a famous past resident, and focus on explaining what makes the address so special. It is about telling a story that captures a buyer or tenant’s imagination, sticks in their mind, makes them want to tour the property, and make it their home.

Gary Hersham ARCS AMRSB FNAEA Founder of Beauchamp Estates

This is where dedicated and meticulous research on our part is required. For this we often employ the use of a professional historian who works in the heritage and planning arenas. We also set our marketing and press office team to dedicate time to researching historical records and press cuttings to investigate the background

Sometimes this storytelling is straightforward; for example the property is extremely famous and there is a lot of existing, publicly available, information about its history on the internet and in published books and records. However there are many times where the history or interesting details about a property have become obscured, overlooked or forgotten, the information listed in registers or papers that have long since been archived or shut away in library storage.

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Written in 1956 by author Dorothy “Dodie” Smith (1896-1990), 101 Dalmatians is the story of dalmatians Pongo and Perdita who live with their owners Roger, Anita and Nanny Cook in a modest but pretty Victorian house by the Outer Circle in Regent’s Park.

ALBERT TERRACE

An elegant Victorian family home located on Albert Terrace with direct views onto London’s Primrose Hill. This pink coloured residence helped to inspire Dodie Smith’s ‘101 Dalmatians’ story that became a famous Disney classic. and adventures in the ponds of Regent’s Park, the dalmatians battle with the evil Cruella de Vil, who wants to turn them into a fur coat. Cruella lived in Hell Hall in Suffolk; the de Vil ancestral mansion based on real life Greys Hall near Finchingfield, where Dodie Smith lived in her early years. Dodie Smith lived in nearby Dorset Square with her nine Dalmatians including one named Pongo. Dodie took her dalmatians for daily walks around Primrose Hill and Regent’s Park and was inspired to write the story during a dinner party at a friend’s house in Primrose Hill, when one of the guests observed Dodie’s dalmatians would make a lovely fur coat.

PRIMROSE HILL, NW1

Alongside walks on adjacent Primrose Hill showing a semi-detached house with a pillared entrance portico and a glass panelled front door. This leads to an entrance hallway, classic drawing room and Roger’s study. Disney story boarder Bill Peet later used the book as inspiration for the original concepts for the Disney animation, which Dodie Smith said

The first edition 1956 book has a pink cover with illustrations by Janet and Anne Johnstone captured the illustrations of the original book. This is where the history and the details of the Victorian house on Albert Terrace step neatly into the tale. The four-storey semi-detached house has a pretty pink façade with white stone detailing and sash windows, complete with a rooftop terrace overlooking Primrose Hill. The Albert Terrace house was built in 1847 under the auspices of historic landowner Charles Fitzroy, 3rd Baron Southampton (1804-1872) and was based on house styles devised by Fitzroy Estate architect, James Adam. The original owners (1847-1860) were Peter and Emma Graham, the wealthy founders of renowned Victorian cabinet and joinery firm Jackson & Graham which provided cabinets and other luxury items to HM Queen Victoria

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During the early Edwardian era (1898-1910) the house was owned by Harry Newson, a barrister and financial dog baskets as Roger sings to Anita about the evil Cruella de Vil – captured so beautifully by Disney in the globally-adored movie.Onthe first floor, the main reception room interconnects the dining room and open plan family kitchen. Here Pongo and Perdita would have stood at the windows overlooking Primrose Hill wagging their wizard who worked in the City of London and specialised in shipping, marine finance and insurance. Harry lived at Albert Terrace with his wife Elizabeth, dogs and four servants (two nannies, a cook and a butler). Between 1910 and the late 1920s the house was owned by steel industrialist Charles Ash. In the early 1950s, when Dodie Smith was writing 101 Dalmatians, she carefully researched the history of Primrose Hill. Her story talks about Roger being a “financial wizard”, granted a lifelong tax exemption for his work in the City of London, it also highlights two nannies (Nanny Cook and Nanny Butler), who fed and cleaned up after the dalmatians. Johnstone’s illustrations showed the dalmatians playing with beautifully crafted wooden prams and dog kennels. Fast forward to the modern day and the eight bedroom house still has echoes of 101 Dalmatians. From the glass panelled entrance portico door leading into the hall, just like the Disney classic, you can imagine Nanny Cook opening the front door to the evil fur-and-smoke enveloped Cruella de Vil. In the ground floor drawing room, you can imagine Pongo and Perdita curled up in cosy tails and wanting a walk, all the while Cruella stalked the rooms impatiently interrogating Anita about when she could purchase more dalmatian puppies. On the second floor is a bedroom suite with an ensuite bathroom and a study. In the Disney classic this is Roger’s study where he plays the piano, trumpet and trombone singing about Cruella de Vil.

On the top floor there are two further bedrooms (one with ensuite) and a rooftop terrace. On this terrace Pongo and Perdita would snuggle up romantically under the moonlight and stars looking down onto their beloved Primrose Hill park.On the lower ground floor are three bedrooms, a kitchenette and cloakroom. In the Smith and Disney classic this floor would have been the domain of Nanny Cook and Nanny Butler, just as it was used by the real-life nannies and domestic staff of the Graham and Newson families during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Now the bedrooms provide ample accommodation for a large family or for contemporary domestic staff.

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17 BEDFORD ROW HOLBORN, WC2

A five story, Grade II* listed house of exceptional quality located in the heart of Charles Dickens’ London that inspired famous classics such as Nicholas Nickleby and Dombey and Son.

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The location of The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn has ensured that the area is most closely associated with the practice of the law, with the wider area known for authors and publishers. Charles Dickens is connected to the area on both counts, having worked as a clerk at the offices of Ellis and Blackmore, attorneys of Holborn Court, at Gray’s Inn and later as a published author, resided in the area. It was Dickens’ experience while working as a clerk that informed such well-known works as Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield, Martin Chuzzlewit and, in particular, Bleak House, the plot of which makes great use of the machinations and bureaucracy of the legal profession at that time.

12 Bedford Row is set in the Parish of St. Andrew’s, Holborn, one of central London’s most notable and picturesque locations, and runs along the western boundary of The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn. Commonly known as Gray’s Inn, the historic society is one of the four Inns of Court (professional associations for barristers and judges) in London, founded in 1370.Bedford Row does not derive its name from the Russell family who owned much of the area, but from the town of Bedford. It is a beautiful, wide thoroughfare, lined with mature Robinias trees, similar in appearance to Elms, helping to give the Row a familiar quintessentially English appearance.Theterrace of six houses of exceptional quality, were built in 1717-18 by carpenter Robert Burford and plumber George Devall. Together the two tradesmen secured a lease for the land from Margaret Skipwith, of the Skipwith family, originally from Yorkshire.

Set in a quiet conservation area in the heart of London’s Hampstead Village is a contemporary minimalist home designed by world-famous architect Claudio Silvestrin. Silvestrin is renowned for his work with Armani and previous collaborations with Kanye West, Calvin Klein, and Anish Kapoor.

CANNON LANE HAMPSTEAD, NW3

is a picturesque and exceptionally quiet road, only minutes from Hampstead Village and Hampstead Heath. The charm of the ‘village in the city’ has made this enclave of London a highly desirable location that attracts many high profile and discerning individuals. Before the site was purchased in 2007, it was inhabited by an unremarkable house designedCANNON

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The simple, unassuming brick exterior of Five Cannon Lane conceals the true scale and cathedral-like proportions of the property while remaining consistent

LANE CONCEALS THE TRUE SCALE AND CATHEDRALLIKE PROPORTIONS OF THE PROPERTY in the 1970s. It was small and failed to maximise the location of the plot or the views. A plot of this scale in London without a listed property on it is very rare and therefore required an exceptional property. International architect Claudio Silvestrin was appointed, renowned for his work with Armani and previous collaborations with Kanye West, Calvin Klein and Anish Kapoor. The first planning grant for the new home was issued in September 2010. Silvestrin designed a contemporary home that was unique and delivered a wow factor to the plot whilst maximising the proportions of the topography of Cannon Lane. After numerous iterations of the design, a final blueprint was agreed and approved by the local authority in June 2013. Silvestrin not only designed the house, but also the interiors, ensuring a continuity of style throughout with incredible attention to detail.

Five Cannon Lane is arranged over five floors with five bedrooms, five bathrooms, a spa area and an indoor pool. Not only was the home designed by an incredible architect, but it also features a private terraced garden designed by the Chelsea Flower Show gold medallist, Chris Beardshaw.CannonLane

21 with the style of the property’s interior. Once through the front entrance, standing in the modest minimalist hall, the house begins to reveal itself. The gentle sound of running water guides you through the hall and towards the far-off sound of more ebullient water down a seemingly never-ending flight of stairs, that curve and disappear into the distance. The space starts to unfold, revealing immediately that the interior style is both calm and elegant, yet lavish, with minimalist lines and a carefully curated pallet of earth and natural tones. The key materials used throughout that make up the earth through to ochre colour palette, are porphyry stone, from the Italian Dolomites, oxidized brass and bronze and oak. These materials are used throughout the house, in every area, with almost £1 million spent on the stone alone. The calm and warm yellow ochre of the porphyry stone unites with the warm natural oak floors and oxidized metal detailing to create a unique and pleasing environment. The absence of unnecessary ornamentation adds to the aura of a tranquil oasis away from the city streets. In creating such a unique residence, the developers ensured that the outside space was used effectively and in such a way that it complimented the design and layout of the house.

‘The feeling of Five Cannon Lane is one of calm and serenity; it’s almost a meditative space. To achieve this simplicity, technology is mostly hidden and there is no ornamentation of any kind. However, there is drama – the 42-step stone staircase that leads down to the pool and spa which recalls an ancient site, for example.’

CLAUDIO SILVESTRIN

One Of Curzon Street’s Oldest Houses and Nancy Mitford’s World War II Mayfair ‘billet’: It’s super. Do admit.

CURZON STREET MAYFAIR, W1

Mayfair was initially developed for the wealthy and titled, something that has changed little in the last three hundred years.

Number 45 Curzon Street was initially occupied by a widow, Temperance Rhodes. Historical records reveal quite a noble and well-

Serving as Nancy Mitford’s billet during her stint with the Auxiliary Fire Service in WWII, 45 Curzon Street is one of the oldest homes on the road dating from circa 1785. The home was built by George Augustus Curzon, 3rd Viscount Howe, from whom the street takes its name.

The home has now been re-built and fully restored with modern extensions, which include windows and doors in the contemporary extension homage to Maison de Verre, Paris.

Internally, the property is designed and finished to the highest specification by an experienced and well-respected architect and interior designer.

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The first record of trade at the address was when the property had passed on to Will Coleman an upholsterer. He was succeeded by James Smith in 1834, a furnishing and iron manager.

connected list of residents subsequent to Ms Rhodes, including the Hon James Hamilton Stanhope, Son of the 3rd Earl Stanhope and nephew of William Pitt the Younger. Stanhope was well known in society and in military circles. having seen service with Sir John Moore, Lord Lyndedoch and the Duke of Wellington.

Naval surgeon James Metcalf Appleton acquired the property before 1843 and then passed the property to his son, Thomas Cass Appleton who, by 1883, was running a chemist’s shop at the address, with the upper floors let to Colonel the Honourable James Pierce Maxwell, a son of the 6th Baron Farnham. By 1888 the property had been acquired by physician Henry Roxburgh Fuller, physician to St George’s Hospital on Hyde Park Corner (now a world class luxury hotel The Lanesborough) and to H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge, uncle of Queen Victoria.In1911 another man of medicine, acquired the property. Harold Dearden’s specialty was psychology, having served in Flanders during WWI. Dearden wrote and published a number of successful books. In 1926 the house was purchased by Sydney Frederick Studd who occupied the ground floor as an antique shop, renting the upper floors to Cecilia Ivy Knight, later to become Ivy O’Neil-Dunne. Dunne was friends with novelist Nancy Mitford, the eldest of the Mitford sisters, who was regarded as one of the ‘Bright Young People’ on the London social scene between the wars. As one of the gay, tin-hatted, members of the Auxiliary Fire Service, she stayed at 45 Curzon Street while keeping the night watch, allegedly alternately resting on a make-shift bed and running into the street, exhorting her companions to “Come and look at the V1s. They are so pretty. Do admit” , V1s being the flying bomb – also known to the Allies as the buzz bomb or doodlebug!

25 EATON SQUARE BELGRAVIA, SW1

An impressive Grade II* listed Blue Plaque Belgravia residence once the London home of Mrs Henry Ford II, used by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and originally the home of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin.

It is in the grand main reception room of 93 Eaton Square and the adjoining dining room that Stanley Baldwin entertained his cousin and close friend, author Rudyard Kipling, and

AN OUTSTANDING HISTORY THAT INCLUDES THE 1936 ROYAL ABDICATION

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London home of conservative politician Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947) and his wife Lucy (m 1892, 1869-1945).

Upon Baldwin’s retirement in 1937 the couple moved to 69 Eaton Square where Baldwin lived between 1937 to 1947, suites, a spacious patio garden and garage. Located on the favoured northern side of Eaton Square, this impressive residence boasts an outstanding history that includes the 1936 Royal Abdication, two Prime Ministers, Royalty, captains of industry and celebrities. Eaton Square is London’s largest and most renowned garden square knowns for its palatial whitestucco terrace of grand residences. Designed in a classical style with projecting Doric colonnade and porches and originally built in 1827-1828 by Thomas Cubitt under the auspices of the Marquess (later Duke) of Westminster. In 1913, 93 Eaton Square became the but it is 93 Eaton Square that holds the prestige of Baldwin’s official Blue Plaque.

In 1908 Baldwin, the son of a wealthy steel industrialist, was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Bewdley. Baldwin bought the Eaton Square residence in order to have a London home close to Westminster. Baldwin became Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1922 and Prime Minister in 1923, a post he would hold three times (1923-1924, 1924-1929 and 1935-1937).

Comprising a four bedroom main residence and an interconnecting two bedroom mews house, this Eaton Square residence provides 7,489 sqft of living accommodation including grand reception rooms, elegant bedroom THIS RESIDENCEIMPRESSIVEBOASTS

93 Eaton Square is also where Stanley Baldwin entertained the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII, the two said to take an instant mutual dislike of each other. Another resident of Eaton Square was Joachim von Ribbentrop, the German Nazi Ambassador to London, who was allegedly having an affair with Wallis Simpson the lover of Edward VIII. Closely watched by MI5 Wallis Simpson’s visits to Ribbentrop in Eaton Square outraged Baldwin and the other conservative grandees, a scandal right under their noses, and so in Eaton Square the seeds of the famous 1936 Royal Abdication Crisis were sown.Fast forward to the 1980s and the next famous residents of 93 Eaton Square, from one of America’s most celebrated dynasties, takes centre stage. Portrayed by Tracy Letts in the 2019 Hollywood movie Ford v Ferrari, Henry Ford II (1917-1987) was the eldest grandson of Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford and between 1945-1979 was the CEO of the world renowned firm and remained the ultimate authority at Ford until his death in 1987.

27 politicians including Winston Churchill, Neville Chamberlain (who lived at 37 Eaton Square) and Lord Halifax (who lived at 86 Eaton Square).

If extended and remodelled, a new super prime residence could be created that could significantly uplift the current value of the property.

In the early 1980s Henry II purchased with his wife Kathleen DuRoss Ford (m1980, 19402020) 93 Eaton Square as their London residence to complement their UK country house, Turville Grange (see page 95), an 18th century manor house near Henley-on-Thames, that Henry II had owned since the 1970s. The couple also had a home at Palm Beach in Florida. Kathleen DuRoss Ford, a former model, accomplished photographer and keen aesthete, transformed the Eaton Square residence into one of the most elegant and gracious homes in Belgravia, commissioning architect Jeffrey Smith and renowned design house Colefax & Fowler to refurbish and decorate the interiors in English country-house style. Henry II passed away in 1987 whilst the refurbishment of the Eaton Square residence was taking place. After 1987 each year Kathleen would spend six months during the summer at Eaton Square and Turville Grange and the winter in Palm Beach, with Eaton Square staffed by a housekeeper, chef and driver. Kathleen loved music, fashion, films and backgammon and alongside family members guests at 93 Eaton Square included Lee Radziwill, sister of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, actress Lily Tomlin and fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld.

When Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher left office in 1990 Kathleen generously lent her 93 Eaton Square which Thatcher and her husband Denis then used as their Belgravia home until they purchased a house in 1991 in nearby Chester Square. Kathleen and Margaret remained in touch and on occasion Kathleen would entertain Thatcher to lunch in the dining room of 93 Eaton Square. This Blue Plaque residence at 93 Eaton Place has been the Belgravia home of two legendary Prime Ministers, played a role in the 1936 Abdication Crisis, and been the London home of one of America’s most celebrated dynasties.

While he is not thought to have performed any other reassignment surgeries, he continued to practice general surgery until shortly before his death. A Blue Plaque, denoting that Sir Howard Gillies lived there can be seen at the property.

Dating from the early 1800s, 71 Frognal was the home of leading surgeon and gender re-assignment pioneer Sir Harold Delf Gillies (1882-1960), referred to by many as the ‘father of plastic surgery’. Gillies, born in Dunedin, New Zealand, trained at Cambridge University and in 1914 joined the Royal Army Medical Corps. It was during World War I that he pioneered many surgical techniques, particularly relating to facial reconstruction. Along with colleagues he established the field of what would become known as ‘plastic surgery’, performing more than 11,000 operations on over 5,000 men.

Knighted in 1930 following World War I, Gillies pursued private practice, consulting with the Ministry of Health in World War II. Organising plastic surgery units and training other doctors and surgeons, Gillies went on to develop ‘flap surgery’; a revolutionary method of surgery where a flap of skin is taken from one area of the body to then aid healing in another.

As part of this process Gillies also discovered that these ‘flaps’ of skin could be rolled into tubes, further assisting reconstructive surgery. This revolutionary development led Gillies to explore further reconstructive surgeries and the subject of gender reassignment.

Located in a prominent Hampstead position, a unique home refurbished to exacting standards; the former London home of pioneering plastic surgeon Sir Harold Gillies 71 Frognal, a grand Victorian residence, is located in the heart of Hampstead and set in exquisite gardens.

The first gender reassignment surgeries in Great Britain were performed by Gillies. From 19421946 a series of procedures were performed on Laura Dillon, to become Michael Dillon, who went on to qualify as a doctor. This was the first female to male operation anywhere in the world. Gillies also performed the first UK male to female operation in 1951 on Robert Marshal Cowell. Both surgeries resulted in Gillies having to appear before the General Medical Council.

HAMPSTEAD, NW3

FROGNAL

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The Adelphi Theatre Restaurant was owned by brothers Agostino (1842-1897) and Stefano Gatti (1845-1906), a wealthy Italian-Swiss dynasty who like a Victorian era version of Richard Caring/Sir Cameron Mackintosh owned a portfolio of London Theatres and restaurants including the Adelphi (purchased in 1880) and Vaudeville Theatres (purchased in 1892). Located directly adjacent to the Adelphi floor, with opulent private dining/supper rooms on the first and second floors above and catering facilities on the upper floors.

Famous diners at the Adelphi Theatre Restaurant included Actress Dame Ellen Terry, Oscar Wilde, French film actress Sarah Bernhardt, Noel Coward, J. Bruce Ismay, the Chairman of the White Star Line, and Thomas Andrews, the naval architect of the White Star ocean liner RMS Titanic. The daily management of the restaurant was overseen by Agostino’s eldest son John Gatti (1872-1926) and a cousin, Gaspare “Luigi” Gatti (1875-1912). In 1908 J. Bruce Ismay, a frequent user of the restaurant and Chairman of the White Star Line, gave the Gatti family the HISTORIC ADELPHI THEATRE

RESIDENTIALLONDON’SBUILDINGRESTAURANTONSTRANDNOWALUXURIOUSSCHEME Theatre, the restaurant at 410 Strand was the Scott’s or Ivy of its day with a grill room and fish bar famous for its pretheatre dining and a favourite haunt for actors, actresses and playwrights. The main restaurant was on the ground contract to operate the à la carte restaurants on his new ocean liners the RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic. Ismay liked the Covent Garden restaurant so much that he commissioned Thomas Andrews to create a larger

GATTI HOUSE STRAND, WC2

Located at 410 Strand, Gatti House is a magnificent Grade II listed building, originally built in 1886-87 and designed by architect Spencer Chadwick, the leading Victorian theatre architect whose work includes the adjacent Adelphi Theatre, Daly’s Theatre off Leicester Square and the Empire Theatre in Dewsbury.

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Once a fine-dining haunt for actors and celebrities, the transformed Adelphi Theatre Restaurant is now home to a boutique residential scheme providing two and three bedroom apartments.

33 replica for the à la carte first class dining room of RMS Titanic, alongside copying the menu and table place settings.

On 10th April 1912 Gaspare Gatti and 35 of his staff, most previous employees of the Adelphi Theatre Restaurant, sailed on the maiden voyage of RMS Titanic. On the 15 April 1912 RMS Titanic sank, taking with it Gaspare Gatti and most of his staff – part of the worst disaster in maritime history.

The Adelphi Theatre and adjacent restaurant was finally sold by Jack Gatti (one of the next generation of the family) in 1955. Fast forward to the current day and the celebrity diners and RMS Titanic history are long gone, replaced by beautiful, totally unique, bespoke design luxury apartments with beautiful elaborate interiors with ornate plasterwork, walls and joinery and carved door cases, some with feature cat’s heads (Gatti = cats in Italian).

COVENT GARDEN, WC2

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20 Great Queen Street, has been transformed into Covent Garden’s finest luxury boutique address with interiors by Rigby & Rigby, a London based design studio. Great Queen Street was originally laid out in 1605-1609 with the first homes built from 1646 by William Newton and the road named in honour of Queen Anne of Denmark, wife of King James I. This property at 20 Great Queen Street was originally built in the late 1640s as a London townhouse. However, Great Queen Street began to be transformed into a commercial address when the original Freemason’s Hall was

Former Royal Regalia workshops at 20 Great Queen Street transformed into Covent Garden’s finest boutique residential address.

This incredible property was once the grand London premises of Toye, Kenning & Spencer, manufacturers of regalia for the Royal family.

built on the thoroughfare in 1774-1775. The Freemason’s Tavern followed in 1786, with additional premises for the Freemasonry built in 1815 and Freemasonry1829.

involves ornate regalia and therefore in 1860 number 20 was acquiredCOVENTby

In 1901 George Kenning died, his son George Henry Kenning inherited the business and gave 20 Great Queen Street a grand Edwardian makeover, providing George Kenning & Sons with a regalia shop on the ground floor, offices above and workshops on the upper floors.

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The son of an East End oyster seller, Kenning not only manufactured regalia, but set up a regalia mail order business which operated across the British Empire and USA.

In 1947 the firm acquired rival Spencer & Co and in 1956 it merged with Toye & Co (another regalia manufacturer founded in 1685) to create Toye, Kenning & Spencer.

The regalia premises at 20 Great Queen Street were involved in providing robes, banners and emblems for the cancelled coronation of King Edward VIII, the actual coronations of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937 and Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, and the wedding and coronation of the Shah of Iran in 1959 and 1967 respectively. In 2013 Toye, Kenning & Spencer sold 20 Great Queen Street for redevelopment.Afteramajor conversion project by Latis, a property development company, between 20172019, involving a complete refurbishment with new build additions behind the retained Edwardian façade, 20 Great Queen Street was transformed to provide four ultra-prime residences, with bespoke interiors and specifications by luxury design house Rigby & Rigby.

George Kenning, who converted the building into commercial premises, manufacturing regalia such as collars, headgear and sashes for the Freemasons, the British army, and the Royal Household.

In March 1869 Kenning even established his own newspaper, The Freemason, which was circulated to the 2,000 Masonic Lodges across the British Empire.

HAMILTON TERRACE

ST JOHN’S WOOD, NW8

Once the home of Robbie Williams, the Lloyds bank founder’s mansion at 100 Hamilton Terrace brings Los Angeles inspired glamour to London.

Offering 11,420 sqft of luxurious living space the seven bedroom double-fronted mansion at 100 Hamilton Terrace in St John’s Wood, was originally the home of the founder of Lloyds Bank. The stately house is complete with one of the best 5-star hotel-like swimming pool, spa and leisure complexes ever built in the capital.

The vast mansion at 100 Hamilton Terrace was built in 1890 and originally served as the London home of banker Henry Barnett, who founded Lloyds Bank. One of the country’s first multi-millionaire bankers, Henry Barnett (18151896), cousin of PM George Canning, was the principal partner of Barnett, Hoare & Co Bank which merged In 1864 with Hanbury, Lloyds & Co, creating Lloyds Banking Group.

Enriched by the Lloyds merger Henry Barnett purchased 100 Hamilton Terrace which he and his wife Emily used as their London townhouse. Guests included the Marquess and Countess of Clanricarde, George Canning and Lord Randolph Churchill (father of Winston). The Barnett family also entertained at their country estate, Glympton Park near Woodstock, now owned by the Saudi Royal family. Fast forward to modern times, 100 Hamilton Terrace was purchased in 2012 by the current owners. Refurbished to the highest standard, the Los Angeles inspired interiors by designer Bill Bennette bring Hollywood glamour to London.

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Over the last few years the house has been rented to a series of high-profile individuals, including Robbie Williams, before being placed on the market for sale. The interior design and its recent refresh has been undertaken by South African born interior designer Bill Bennette of Bill Bennette Design, London’s ultimate go-to interior designer for billionaires, A-listers and foreign royals. The interior design scheme for 100 Hamilton Terrace was inspired by the opulent Los Angeles mansions of Delfern Drive and Sunset Boulevard.

The residence is complete with a large terrace, three balconies and on the lower ground floor a private health spa with an 18-metre-longTHISCOUNTRY HOUSE WITH CONCAVE FAÇADE FORMS AN ART DECO MASTERPIECE INSPIRED BY A JAEGER WATCH swimming pool, plunge pool, gymnasium, billiard room, sauna, steam room, massage room and changing rooms and showers. The Art Deco style gate house provides five bedrooms, a reception room, kitchen, security room, utility room and garaging for three cars.

The only country house in Britain whose design was inspired by a luxury wristwatch, Hamstone House has an illustrious history. Copenhagen born and educated Peter Lind came to England in 1913 and in 1915 founded the construction firm Peter Lind & Co, one of the UK’s first contractors to specialise in reinforced concrete construction. The company won important contracts including the building of Waterloo Bridge, the HQ of the Michelin Tyre Company, Beckton Gas Works and Blackwall Point Power Station.In1916

Surrounded by eight acres of landscaped grounds, bordered by St George’s Hill Golf Club, Hamstone House is a magnificent Grade II listed country house. Originally built in 1937, with a striking Neo-Georgian concave façade complete with Art Deco interior features, the house comprises 20,414 sqft of living space and a 3,132 sqft Grade II listed gate house.

HAMSTONE HOUSE

ST GEORGE’S HILL, SURREY

Built in 1937-8 by Ian Forbes for construction tycoon Herman “Peter” Tygesen Lind and his wife Alba, the house was refurbished in 1984 and again in 2006. The Hamstone House estate has a total of 10 bedrooms, several magnificent reception rooms and modern leisure facilities set within landscaped grounds and offers a tennis court. The main house, three storeys at its apex, provides five bedrooms, a grand entrance hall, a double reception room, dining room, library, study, family kitchen/breakfast room and catering kitchen.

Peter married socialite Alba Kastel in a glittering ceremony held in Marlborough House Chapel. Their daughter Betty married Thomas Jaeger whose father Martin was a member of the famous watch making Jaeger dynasty of Jaeger-

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Peter and Alba decided they wanted a country house close to Central London and acquired arguably the best plot on St George’s Hill in Surrey, located on a spur directly overlooking the golf course. Lind commissioned renowned Surrey mansion builder Ian Forbes to build the Lind-Jaeger family a house on the site. Designed in a Neo-Georgian style, influenced by the 1930s Art Deco era, Hamstone House has a remarkable concave segmented front façade with casement windows, feature keystones, oval windows and Deco Gargoyles bearing the initials of Peter and Alba. The curved south facing garden façade overlooks St George’s Hill Golf Course and has arched full height windows across the ground floor, opening onto the gardens.

41 “ the curved and segmented façade of Hamstone House recalls the contours of the 1931 Art Deco Reverso wristwatch" LeCoultre fame. Relative Edmond Jaeger was the head of world-renowned watchmaking firm JaegerLeCoultre, founded in 1833 and led during the 1930s by Edmond Jaeger and Jacques-David LeCoultre.

Supplying beautiful Art Deco inspired watches, and partnering with brands Cartier and Bentley, clients of Jaeger-LeCoultre included the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Charlie Chaplin and Queen Elizabeth II, who wore a Jaeger-LeCoultre wristwatch for her coronation.In1937

Sir Nikolaus Pevsner rated Hamstone House as ‘the best country house on St George’s Hill’ and it was said to be Art Deco lover the Duchess of Windsor’s favourite English country house. Indeed, visiting journalist Christopher Matthew wrote: “Hamstone House stands out like the Duchess of Windsor’s flamingo brooch in a local jeweller’s window providing unrivalled quasirural grandeur”. On 16th September 1939 Hamstone House was featured in Country Life Magazine, the last edition published before the real onset of WWII.

During WWII Peter Lind devised the construction of the concrete Mulberry Harbour Phoenix Caissons, used in the D-Day landings.

The main house and gate house are faced with honey coloured hamstone (a form of limestone) – hence the name of the house. The circular paved forecourt in front of the property surrounds a charming fountain in its centre. Seen from above, the curved and segmented façade of Hamstone House recalls the contours of the 1931 Art Deco Reverso wristwatch. Inside the main house polished Elm wood timbers from the Old Waterloo Bridge (that Lind’s company replaced) were used to line the reception room floors and on the lower ground floor, Ian Forbes (mindful of gathering war clouds) installed a reinforced bomb shelter.

In 1943 Lind held a meeting at Hamstone House with PM Winston Churchill, Sir Percy Grigg, Secretary of State for War, and Mulberry

A COLLECTION OF LUXURY HOMES WITH HISTORY 44 Harbour Project Chairman Colin R White to discuss the Phoenix harbours (two survive today in Dorset’s Portland Harbour). Afterwards Lind gave Churchill a tour of the bomb shelter. After WWII Peter Lind was awarded an Honorary Danish Knighthood, the order of Knight Commander of Dannebrog, for his services to the war Followingeffort.Alba’s death in 1981 the LindJaeger family put Hamstone House up for sale and in 1984 it was acquired by a Saudi Prince who was reported in the media to have spent over £2 million on renovations. These included, restoring the Art Deco interior, installing features including an 8ft drop Venetian glass chandelier and Lalique light fittings specially commissioned for the house, the bomb shelter converted into a billiards/games room. In 2006 Hamstone House was completely refurbished and modernised. English Oak flooring was laid in the reception rooms, air conditioning and comfort cooling/heating was installed throughout, wiring/WiFi for home working/office and an exceptional, customdesign family kitchen and catering kitchen were installed.Between 2006-2008 the swimming pool complex was constructed with bespoke French limestone and in 2012 an extensive landscaping and planting scheme was carried out with the tennis court refurbished and new shrubs, trees and flower displays installed.

The former London home of playwright Harold Pinter and his actress wife Vivien Merchant, where they entertained The Beatles, Michael Caine and Dirk Bogarde.

Designed by neoclassical architect John Nash, the white-stucco house was built in 1822-23 by J.M. Aitkins as part of a Palladian terrace of 20 grand houses, named after the Viceroy of Hanover, designed by the Crown Estate for the family and friends of HRH The Prince Regent.

REGENT’S PARK, NW1

LONDON HOME OF RACING DRIVER LANCE REVENTLOW HAROLDPLAYWRIGHTANDPINTERINREGENT’SPARK famous British playwright, actor and screenwriter Harold Pinter CBE (1930 – 2008), his actress wife Vivien Merchant and their son Daniel. On the 19th May 1968, Harold and Vivien threw a large A-list party in the house and garden in the same year. Since Reventlow and Pinter’s time in the property, the residence has been completely refurbished and modernised however there are still features that serve as a reminder of the 1950s to 1970s when the

Originally owned by an aristocratic family and then a wealthy banking family, in the late 1950s the house became the London home of BritishAmerican racing driver Lance Reventlow (19361972), the son of heiress Barbara Woolworth Hutton. Born in nearby Winfield House, Reventlow moved from California to London in 1959 to race his Scarab cars in Britain’s Formula One, returning in 1962 to the United States. During the 1960s and 1970s the Hanover Terrace house became the London home of which was attended by all the members of The Beatles, Michael Caine (who had starred with Vivien in the movie Alfie in 1966), Dirk Bogarde, a movie co-star and friend of Vivien’s, and Peter O’ Toole, a friend of Harold’s. During his time at Hanover Terrace, Pinter used the house as a studio where he wrote scripts for The Birthday Party (1968), The Go-Between (1971), The Homecoming (1973) and No Man’s Land (1974). In 1975 Pinter became romantically involved with Lady Antonia Fraser, the daughter of the 7th Earl of Longford, and in 1977 Pinter and Fraser moved into her family home in Holland Park. Pinter and Vivien sold Hanover Terrace in 1978 and the couple’s divorce was finalised in 1980 with Pinter marrying Lady Antonia Fraser

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The 10-12 seat dining room on the ground floor is where the Pinters did their famous entertaining and fine dining and the adjoining kitchen is where Lance’s housekeeper, cook and butler would prepare him his breakfast and dinner.

The principal bedroom suite occupies its own private floor on the second level of the house and features a large bedroom, walk-in dressing room and principal bathroom. It is here that Vivien stored her elegant clothes and Lance his stylish suits and racing gear.

The grand first floor drawing room spans the entire depth of the house, offering elevated views over the front and rear facades. It is in this impressive entertaining space with its high ornate ceiling, wall paneling and Regency fireplace that Lance Reventlow entertained his stepfather Cary Grant and his uncle Jimmy Donahue (the lover of the Duchess of Windsor). This is also where the Pinters entertained actors, actresses, writers and TV/movie producers.

house hosted celebrities, actors and heiresses.

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The first owner of the house between 1825 to 1828 was Major-General Ogg, a military serviceman and director of the East India Company.UponOgg’s death in 1828 the house was purchased by tea tycoon Baron Solomon Benedict de Worms (1801-1882), a member of the Rothschild banking dynasty whose grandfather was Mayer Amschel Rothschild. Frankfurt born and London based Solomon married, on the 11th July 1827, heiress Henrietta Samuel the daughter of banker Samuel Moses had been brought to Ceylon by the British from China in 1824 and over the following decades tea production in Ceylon increased dramatically so that by 1899 the area under cultivation exceeded 400,000 acres. Between 1840 and 1865 Solomon spent time in Ceylon building up the family’s tea plantations and factories, which made the family extremely wealthy. Solomon and his brothers cleverly marketed tea in Britain as a healthy beverage for the aristocracy and the upwardly mobile middle-class.Duringthe Victorian era tea became Britain’s staple hot beverage drunk for breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea. Queen Victoria adored a Twinings cup of tea (it remains the Royal

Designed by neoclassical architect John Nash, the white-stucco house was built in 1822-23 by John Mackell Aitkins as part of a Palladian Samuel. The house on Hanover Terrace served as the couple’s new marital home. The couple had four children, George (born in 1829), Anthony (b1830), Ellen (b1836) and Henry (b1840).

Solomon and his brothers Maurice and Gabriel made their fortune by setting up in 1841 the Rothschild Tea Estate, a vast 2,000 acre tea plantation in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Tea plants

HANOVER TERRACE

Once home to Rothschild tycoon Baron Solomon Benedict de Worms, the founder of the Rothschild Tea Estate in Ceylon and “the founding father of British tea”. terrace of 20 grand houses, named after the Viceroy of Hanover, designed by the Crown Estate for the family and friends of HRH The Prince Regent.

REGENT’S PARK, NW1

The magnificent five bedroom Grade I listed Nash house on Hanover Terrace in Regent’s Park, benefits from a west facing rear garden and separate “tea house” where the Rothschilds took afternoon tea.

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51 Warrant holder) and where the Monarch led the nation followed with tea shops opening across London operated by firms including Twinings and Liptons. By 1884 London had become the global centre of the international tea trade. Perhaps not surprisingly, given the origins of their wealth, Solomon and his wife Henrietta created a special “tea house” in the garden of their home at Hanover Terrace, the mews property having a main tea/lounge room with a dramatic vaulted roof, opening onto a terrace and the garden. The “tea house” enabled the family to take afternoon tea either indoors or outdoors depending on the weather. In 1871 Solomon was created 1st Baron de Worms by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, for services to industry, and in 1874 the tea loving Queen Victoria gave him special dispensation to use his Austrian title in Britain where it was recognised at Court. Solomon died in 1882 aged 81 and he and his brothers were succeeded in the tea business by Solomon’s son Henry, who became the 1st Baron Pirbright. In 1901 the house was purchased by Marianna Floretta Raphael, an artist, who transformed the Rothschild’s “tea house” into an artist’s studio where she exhibited her oil paintings and sketches. The Raphael family owned the Hanover Terrace house for over a decade and it has remained in private hands, owned by several different families, ever since.

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Harefield Place has an illustrious history. Sir Roger Newdigate, who built the current manor house, was a member of the Newdigate family who for almost 440 years were the Lords of Harefield Manor, the baronetcy created in 1440 by King Henry VI; the estate founded in 1446. During the Tudor period Sir John Newdigate became a favourite of King Henry VIII and enlarged the estate to over 150 acres with lands seized from the church. During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I the Newdigates built, in 1559, a grand Elizabethan house on the estate and married into the family of neighbouring landowner Sir Thomas Egerton, Lord Chancellor to Queen Elizabeth I. In July 1602, during one of ElizabethMANORI’s HOUSE IN ICKENHAM VISITED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH I AND LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL NOW APARTMENTSLUXURY ‘Royal progress’ tours outside the capital, the Queen visited Harefield Place where she was hosted by the Newdigate family, Sir Thomas Egerton and his wife Alice, Countess of Derby. In the grounds of the estate, Queen Elizabeth I watched a performance of Shakespeare’s Othello performed by the King’s Men acting company. When Sir Roger Newdigate inherited the baronetcy he demolished the Elizabethan house and replaced it with the current Georgian Manor House, built in 1786 by architect Henry Couchman. Sir Roger, inspired by the Shakespearean history of the estate, became a major benefactor to Oxford University, supporting English writing and poetry with Oxford’s Newdigate Prize for Poetry later named after the family. In 1805 and during the early 20th Century the house was refurbished, so the current interiors have both Georgian and Edwardian architectural detailing. The final member of the Newdigate family to live at the home was Charles Newdigate (1816-1887) who inherited the estate in 1833 and added a lake and walled kitchen garden. Charles was a Conservative

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HAREFIELD PLACE

ICKENHAM, UXBRIDGE

Set in 8.5 acres of landscaped grounds, Harefield Place in Ickenham is an elegant Grade II listed Georgian manor house, built in 1786 for Sir Roger Newdigate, which has been transformed into a brand new gated development of 25 converted and newly built two and three bedroom luxury apartments and a penthouse.

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MP who socialised at the estate with friends including Tory leader Sir Stafford Northcote and Lord Randolph Churchill. In 1877 Newdigate sold Harefield Place to a wealthy City of London stockbroker.In1934,127 acres of parkland were sold to Middlesex County Council for use as housing. In 1935 the house ceased being a private home and became the Harefield Country Hospital, a maternity hospital specialising in caring for women during pregnancy and childbirth. In 1959 the hospital sold a parcel of land, which is now the adjacent Harefield Place Golf Club, and in 1965 the hospital was closed with Harefield Place remaining vacant until 1981 when consent was provided for conversion into offices.

Now, after a two-year restoration project involving architectural practice HAP Architects and interior design firm Concept Interiors, Harefield Place has been returned to its prestigious residential origins.

Between 1983-1985 the manor house and 8.5 acres of grounds were refurbished as offices, with a new build wing added. The offices served as the headquarters of Blockbuster Video up until 2014 when Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy.

A prefect pied a terre in London’s Marylebone, the five storey period house extends to 1,329 sq ft and was owned by Artist and milliner extraordinaire David Shilling.

This stylish London home benefits from Shilling’s artistic eye and presents a very unique modernisation of a period property. Since initial fame as milliner to the uber glamorous ‘in’ crowd, David Shilling has evolved into a respected fine artist and is represented by the Redfern Gallery in Cork Street, London and Ferrero Gallery, Nice. His latest projects now also encompass contemporary music.

57 HOMER STREET MARYLEBONE, W1

Homer Street is in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster that runs from Old Marylebone Road in the north to Crawford Street in the South. The street is one of those in the Portman Estate part of Marylebone with classical names, such as Cato Street and Virgil Place, all believed to be inspired by Edward

“It is time for a new owner to benefit from and enjoy this super house, which has given me so much over the years. It is perfectly located a few minutes from the Heathrow Express at Paddington Station, the Eurostar at St Pancras/ King’s Cross and all the amenities of Marylebone High Street and the heart of the West End so close. The advent of Cross Rail will also further reduce travel time across London from Paddington Station.”

Homer, who was a friend of John Simon Harcourt who owned the land on which the streets were built.

The main reception is located on the first floor, with grand period fireplace and double windows offering views to the front, with stairs rising to the second floor where there is a family bathroom and second bedroom. Continuing up to the third floor the master bedroom, with en-suite shower room provides direct access to the roof terrace, via a domed skylight.David Shilling decorated Homer Street with a magical mix of contemporary flair and a nod to the origins of the house. 200 years old, reputedly it was first constructed as a home for a family fleeing the French Revolution, hence the reason for such a modestsized house. However, the proportions of the lay-out are quite grandiose with generous ceiling heights.David Shilling said: “Even after 15 years of living in Monaco people still say to me they expect I will come back to live in London one day. While I love how the house is presently, a great blend of contemporary design with a hint of its origins, and I have even managed to incorporate a covered ‘smoking area’, moving back to London isn’t going to happen.”

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The mid-terrace, period property in Homer Street exudes the stylish input of Shilling who has brought his grand style to the interior and layout of the property, making this an exceptional London home. The property itself extends to 1,329 sq ft and is split across five stories.Entering the property on the ground floor, into a classic entrance hall, immediately to the right is the formal dining room, with period fireplace and aspect to the front. To the rear of the hall is a guest cloakroom, with shower, and stairs down to the eat-in kitchen and utility space.

The contemporary styled kitchen is the perfect place for hosting informal lunches and suppers, with an enchanting view of an intimate courtyard and the secret outdoor seating area in the vaulted store, prefect for keeping cool. Off the kitchen is the service area with dishwasher and sink, beyond which is the utility space.

Honiley Hall has been associated with some of the most famous names in English history, but is arguably most notable as the Tudor estate and family home of the Earl of Leicester. In 1086 Honiley Hall belonged to Waleran de

HONILEY HALL KENILWORTH , WARWICKSHIRE

This magnificent 11-bedroom Elizabethan style mansion near Kenilworth in Warwickshire, is set in 34 acres (13.7 hectares) of landscaped gardens and parkland. Dating back to 1086, the home was once, during Tudor times, the country estate of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester who was a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I.

The country estate of Robert, Earl of Leicester - Queen Elizabeth I’s favourite.

A COLLECTION OF LUXURY HOMES WITH HISTORY 60 Beaumont, 1st Earl of Worcester (1104 – 1166), who subsequently passed it on to Henry, Earl of Warwick.In1553 ownership reverted to the Crown and in 1554 under Queen Mary the home was granted to Michael Throckmorton, a special agent to the Cardinal. His son Francis sold it in 1580 to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, on whom numerous films, TV series and books are based. In 1580 Robert’s wife Lettice Devereux gave birth to a son, also called Robert, and the Earl purchased Honiley Hall to serve as a family home.Queen Elizabeth I was said to be intensely jealous of the relationship between Robert and Lettice, so it is likely that the Earl saw the home as the perfect rural retreat for his new family, far away from the intrigues of the London-centric Royal Court. In addition, since 1562, Robert’s elder brother Ambrose, Earl of Warwick, had been granted ownership by the Queen of nearby Warwick Castle (confiscated from the disgraced Duke of Northumberland), whilst in 1563 Robert was given nearby Kenilworth Castle. The acquisition of Honiley Hall enabled the brothers to build powerful landholdings in the area, all located relatively close to each other.

By 1623 Honiley Hall passed to the Burgoyne Family of Wroxall Abbey, then to John Saunders in 1707, then onto the Granville family who sold the estate to Edward Willes of Newbold Comyn in 1837. The estate remained in the Willes family until 1913, when it was purchased by Herbert Louis Wade, an affluent Justice of the Peace. It was the wealthy Wade family who in 191415 heavily refurbished and created the estate as we know it today, building the magnificent Elizabethan style hall that is now the centerpiece of the estate. Herbert passed the estate to his son, Captain M.C. Wade. Honiley Hall was sold in the early 1960s by John Wade to Warwickshire County Council and subsequently purchased by Peter Warwick in 1999.

Robert, Lettice, and Ambrose are buried at the Collegiate Church of St Mary in Warwick, close to their various estates.

Robert and Ambrose had a particular interest in Warwickshire, as through their paternal grandmother they descended from the Hundred Year War heroes John Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick. The nearby town of Warwick felt this affection during a visit by the Earl in 1571 to celebrate the feast of the Order of Saint Michael, with which Leicester had been invested by the French king in 1566. He shortly afterwards founded Lord Leicester’s Hospice, a charity for aged and injured soldiers still functioning today. In 1584 tragedy struck when the Earl’s young son died, and the devastated Robert spent less time in his beloved Warwickshire and instead involved himself in wars in the Netherlands. When Robert died in 1588 the house passed to his widow Lettice who later sold the property.

HYDE PARK GARDENS

Mary showed great tenacity, resisting a campaign by her husband, the 9th Duke, to evict her from Floors Castle, overlooking the River Tweed near Kelso. The action was brought under Scottish common law, which at that time laid down a wife lived in her husband’s house only ‘by license’. At the time the Duke gave no reason for his actions.

HYDE PARK, W2

Mary withstood the six-week siege without telephone, electric light, or gas. The Duke had ordered the water also be turned off, but changed his mind when a neighbour, the Earl of Home

The former home of Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe, is one of the largest lateral apartments in Hyde Park Gardens.

Mary, The Duchess was brought up at Crewe Hall in Cheshire and Crewe House, on Curzon Street in London, one of Mayfair’s last great mansions. In 1935 she married George InnesKer, 9th Duke of Roxburghe, at Westminster Abbey. In 1937 she attended Westminster once more, for the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, carrying the Queen’s train with the Duchesses of Beccleuch, Norfolk and Rutland.In1953

Hyde Park Gardens was designed by architect John Crake as part of the Tyburnia development, planned by architect and surveyor Samuel Pepys Cockerell in 1827 for the Bishop of London’s Estate. An ambitious masterplan was devised by Cockerell to redevelop the estate into a prestigious residential address that would rival Belgravia, which in its early years it did, attracting the very nobility and wealthy families it was intended for. Plans were laid out to create spacious squares and grand terraces of mansions and townhouses which were to fill the acres between Hyde Park and Paddington Station. Detailed design and development were then contracted out to local developers and other architects. Hyde Park Gardens, initially named Hyde Park Terrace, was originally designed and built as a terrace of grand town houses, each house self-contained and dating from 1836. The development is significant in having two primary elevations, the rear entrance frontage and frontage overlooking the communal private gardens, which are among the most beautiful in London, having regularly won awards. This innovation remains a key attraction for many residents.

A COLLECTION OF LUXURY HOMES WITH HISTORY 62 (as the future Prime Minister was then referred to) advised her to warn the insurance company of the fire risk. Other sympathetic neighbours, including Lord Haig, surreptitiously supplied her with food, paraffin lamps and candles for the six weeks. The dispute was eventually settled out of court and the Duchess departed for London. In December that year, 1953, Mary was granted a divorce on account of her husband’s adultery, after which she started her new life at Hyde Park Gardens, in an apartment, elegantly furnished and befitting her status. She worked for many charities and was President of the National Union of Townswomen’s Guilds, in addition to becoming an enthusiastic member of the Royal Society of Literature and patron of the Royal Ballet.Mary entertained young and old alike at her Hyde Park Gardens home, with the same attention to detail and Rothschild cuisine as had her parents. She inherited West Horsley Place, a spacious 16th century house and estate near Leatherhead, Surrey in 1967, following her mother’s death. She took a philosophic view of the worldly goods with which she was endowed and when informed in 1983 that Crewe House, sold by her father in 1937 for £90,000, was on the market again for £50 million, simply replied, “I will bear the news with fortitude.”

HYDE PARK GATE HYDE PARK, W2

The townhouse, situated on the doorstep of Hyde Park, the Royal Albert Hall and Knightsbridge, was originally built in 18421843 by school-owner turned developer Joshua Flesher Hanson and designed by architect Robert Cantwell in the Nash tradition. The elegant stucco-fronted home provides immaculately presented accommodation over lower ground, ground and four upper floors including the main reception room, sitting room, dining room, family kitchen and breakfast room, media room/cinema and gymnasium, complete with a generous rear garden, ornamental balcony on the first floor and large terrace on the second floor. In 1875 the Hyde Park Gate mansion became the London home of Mary Caroline Blair (nee Mitchell) and her husband Captain Arthur AN ELEGANT STUCCO FRONTED HOME DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT ROBERT CANTWELL IN THE NASH TRADITION Blair, who had married in 1872. Captain Blair had served since 1861 as the land agent and financial advisor to George SutherlandLeveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland (1828-1892). At the time the Duke was one of the richest people in Britain, owning 1.4 million acres of land and Lancaster House, a private palace on the Mall adjacent to Buckingham Palace. At Hyde Park Gate the Blairs entertained many guests including the 3rd Duke of Sutherland, the Duke’s sister Constance (the Duchess of Westminster), Lord Ronald Gower (the Duke of Sutherland’s younger brother), and Oscar Wilde, who was a close friend of both Constance and Lord Gower. In 1882 Mary Blair became the Duke of Sutherland’s mistress and in 1883 her husband died after a shooting accident; gossip speculated that it was suicide or murder, although the official verdict was accidental death.As documented by biographer Catherine Layton in her 2018 book Power Play: The Life and Times of Mary, Dowager Duchess of Sutherland, the affair between the married Duke (whose wife Anne was a friend of HM Queen Victoria) and the widow continued after her husband’s

An impressive townhouse in London’s Hyde Park Gate once owned by the Duchess of Sutherland (1848-1912), Mary Caroline Blair, who inspired Oscar Wilde’s ‘A Woman of No Importance’ and the Stepmother in Disney’s 1950 Cinderella.

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The will was contested with the court case confused because Mary had arranged for the Duke’s will (containing provisions for his children) to be burnt. In April 1893 the judge sent Mary to Holloway Jail for contempt of court. In 1894, to avoid further scandal, the 4th Duke of Sutherland reached an agreement with his “wicked stepmother” for the Dowager Duchess to have sufficient funds to build Carbisdale Castle and maintain the townhouse at Hyde Park Gate. The Dowager Duchess caused further scandal by marrying a third husband, Sir Albert Rollit, a wealthy shipping tycoon. In 1898 Mary’s jewellery, then valued at £30,000 (a fortune at the time) was stolen by international jewel thief William Johnson, as the ex-Duchess was travelling on the Orient Express from Paris to London. After a lifetime of scandalous media

65 death, but in 1889 Mary caused a scandal when she and the Duke married only four months after the death of the Duke’s estranged wife. The marriage broke aristocratic convention that widowers should not remarry for a year and went against a written request to the Duke from HM Queen Victoria who was still grieving over Anne’s death. As the new Duchess, Mary now had a high rank in British society, but she was not welcome at any Royal or society event. In 1892 the Duke died and left Mary his fortune instead of leaving his estate to the children from his first marriage; his son Cromartie, 4th Duke of Sutherland, and his daughters, Lady Florence and Lady Alexandra.

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headlines, Mary died in London on 27th May 1912.Mary’s soirées at the mansion influenced Oscar Wilde, who modelled Lord Henry Wotton in The Picture of Dorian Gray on Lord Gower and based Mrs Arbuthnot in A Woman of No Importance on Mary. A photograph of the Dowager Duchess appeared alongside an advertisement and editorial about A Woman of No Importance, published in The Illustrated London News on 29 April 1893. PR savvy Oscar Wilde scheduled the play to premier the evening the Dowager Duchess went to Holloway Jail which generated further publicity for both the play and the Duchess.

The first-floor reception room, where Mary hosted the Duke of Sutherland, Lord Gower of Dorian Gray fame and Oscar Wilde, has fullheight windows opening onto an ornamental balcony, with the room giving access to the sitting room/study which has an arched window overlooking theThegarden.principal bedroom suite occupies its own private floor on the second level of the house and showcases a marble-floored main bathroom and private roof terrace. There are five further bedrooms, three ensuites, and two sharing a family bathroom. The media room/ cinema and gymnasium are on the lower ground floor.

Mary’s “wicked stepmother” headlines influenced publisher Harry Clarke in his 1922 work, The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault; the book’s illustrations helped create Lady Tremaine, the stepmother in Disney’s 1950 cartoon movie classic Cinderella. The Disney stepmother bares a striking resemblance to photos of Mary. The ground floor entrance of the Hyde Park Mansion leads into the inner hall with main staircase, two sets of double doors providing access to the dining room, and the family kitchen, which has stone flooring, grey fitted units and cabinets, a central island, with French doors leading to the rear garden.

Originally the London headquarters and ticket office of the famous White Star Line, the magnificent Grade II listed Oceanic House at 1 Cockspur Street has now been transformed into one of the capital’s most iconic luxury apartment addresses.

In 2016 the former headquarters building for the glamorous Titanic and Olympic ocean liners, was sensitively redeveloped to provide six luxurious lateral apartments and one twostorey penthouse for private sale. The beautiful apartments benefit from large spacious rooms, good ceiling heights and range from 1,679 sqft to 5,447 sqft in size. Each apartment has been designed to a high specification with features specially created to echo the luxury associated with the turn-of-the-century age of transatlantic ocean travel.

ST JAMES’S, SW1

OCEANIC HOUSE

LONDON HEADQUARTERS OF THE WHITE STAR LINE OF TITANIC

in 1845 as a UK-Australia shipping firm by John Pilkington and Henry Wilson, in 1868 the White Star Line was purchased by Thomas Henry Ismay (1837-1899) and transformed into a North-Atlantic ocean liner business with the ships (from 1870) constructed by Belfast firm Harland & Wolff, headed by Sir Edward Harland. In 18961898 the White Star Line built offices in Liverpool, known as Albion House, on James Street. In 1895 Sir Edward Harland died, followed in 1899 by Thomas Henry Ismay, the latter succeeded by his son Joseph “Bruce” Ismay (1862-1937). The partnership between Bruce Ismay and new Harland & Wolff chairman Lord William Pirrie, brought in a new management style and vision to create the world’s most successful and luxurious ocean liner business. To fund these ambitions, in 1902 Bruce Ismay sold the White Star Line to American multi-millionaire John Pierpont Morgan, with Ismay remaining as Chairman. The sale provided money which Ismay lavished on a London headquarters building and a fleet of ocean liners. Oceanic House, located on a landmark site at 1 Cockspur Street was built between 1903 and 1906 as the London headquarters of the White Star Line. Constructed of Portland stone in a grand Neo-classical style typical of Edwardian era buildings in and around Whitehall, Oceanic House has a monumental central doorway, flanked by a dramatic threestorey engaged column portico complete with Baroque inspired detailing.

Oceanic House was designed by architect Henry Tanner under the auspices of Bruce Ismay with the address being highly symbolic since at the time all the major liner and train company HQs were based on Cockspur Street including rivals Cunard, Hamburg-American Line, Peninsular & Oriental (P&O), The Grand Trunk Railway and the Canadian National Railway Company.Theground floor of Oceanic House served as the booking office for wealthy first class and other passengers, with the basement providing luggage rooms where trunks could be stored and transferred to passenger’s cabins ready for their arrival on-board.

With the London headquarters completed, in early 1907 the White Star Line moved their transatlantic service from Liverpool to Southampton, because it was more convenient for London passengers and just a short crossing to Cherbourg for continental trade.

It was from Oceanic House that the Countess of Rothes, Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon and Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon purchased their first class tickets to travel on the Titanic. The first floor rooms were for the White Star Line board of directors where they met bankers, clients, journalists and suppliers. The upper floors served as administrative offices.

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The restored Oceanic House opens the door to the history of the famous White Star Line, providing a fresh insight into the ambitions of Chairman Bruce Ismay and events surrounding theFoundedTitanic.

On 10th April 1912 the Titanic’s maiden voyage began from Southampton, scheduled to arrive in New York on the early morning of 17th April 1912. Confident that Titanic was unsinkable, no lifeboat drill was carried out, and mindful of the papers, Ismay pressed Captain Edward Smith to sail at full speed,

69 Bruce and his wife Florence, relocated from their home at Mossley Hill in Liverpool to a new rented home at 27 Chesham Street in Belgravia, later purchasing in 1909 a house at 15 Hill Street inInMayfair.July1907 at a party at the 24 Belgrave Square home (now Spanish Embassy) of Lord Pirrie, plans were unveiled for the largest liners the world had ever seen – Titanic, Olympic and Britannic.Meetings with Thomas Andrews (1873-1912), architect of the Titanic and its sisters, followed and it was from Oceanic House that Ismay ordered the reduction in lifeboats on the Titanic and Olympic from 48 to just 16, the minimum allowed under safety standards. Sea trials for Titanic began on 2 April 1912, and in the boardroom at Oceanic House Ismay boasted to journalists that Titanic was “unsinkable”. Fatefully Ismay also said that Titanic might arrive in New York early on its maiden voyage, on the evening of 16th April, in time to gain stories in the next day’s papers.

Called “the coward of the Titanic” and “Brute Ismay” by the media, on 13 June 1913

Ismay returned from New York to Oceanic House to find the building protected by police and surrounded by protestors and the world’s media, with inside queues scanning the Titanic passenger and crew list in the ticket office.

A COLLECTION OF LUXURY HOMES WITH HISTORY 70 despite warnings of icebergs. At 11.40pm on 14th April the Titanic struck an iceberg and just before midnight Ismay escaped in lifeboat C, however the ship’s architect Thomas Andrews and Captain Edward Smith, along with a total of 1,517 people died due to theAfterdisaster.news of Titanic’s fate reached shore the most iconic image associated with the disaster was snapped outside Oceanic House. Taken on 16 April 1912, it shows 16 year old newsboy Ned Parfett clutching an Evening News poster about the great loss of life.

In 1927 the White Star Line was purchased by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (RMSPC). Oceanic House remained the White Star Line headquarters until in 1929 when it was relocated to Leadenhall Street, where the RMSPC was based, finally in 1934 the White Star Line was merged with rival Cunard.

Oceanic House then became the London regional offices of Barclays Bank and later offices of the Ministry of Defence. Finally in the 1990s it became the Texas Embassy, a restaurant and promotional centre for the State of Texas, its glorious White Star Line origins long forgotten and submerged.

Ismay resigned as Chairman of the White Star, succeeded by Harold Sanderson under whose stewardship the Olympic and other liners became successful commercial ventures.

OLD QUEEN STREET

Formerly the London residence of renowned music icon Sting, one of the world’s best-selling artists, an elegant Grade II Listed Georgian mansion in Westminster. Located on Old Queen Street this elegant Grade II listed Georgian mansion, enjoys views directly onto St James’s Park. The historic townhouse is, according to the current owners, the former London home of Sting and his wife Trudie Styler, who rented the townhouse for circa 2.5 years whilst renovating their property on nearby Queen Anne’s Gate. Originally constructed in 1775, the townhouse offers accommodation over seven floors, including a grand drawing room, contemporary Born in Wallsend, Northumberland, Sting (real name Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner) is a singer, songwriter, bassist, actor and philanthropist,

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The Old Queen Street townhouse was originally constructed in 1775, with records of a mansion on site since the 1690s and the first recorded resident in 1696 was Sir William Honywood, 2nd Baronet and politician.

A COLLECTION OF LUXURY HOMES WITH HISTORY 72 a veritable music industry legend. His achievements in the music industry include having sold over 100 million records as a solo artist and with rock band The Police, winning 17 Grammy Awards, 3 Brit Awards, a Golden Globe, an Emmy, and four Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song. His song “Every Breath You Take” is the most played song in radio history. Further accolades include a CBE from Queen Elizabeth II for services to music, received in 2003, an Ivor Novello award for Lifetime Achievement, and being inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.Passionate about property, Sting and Trudie’s other notable homes past and present include Lake House, an Elizabethan country house in Wiltshire; a duplex in Manhattan once owned by Billy Joel; a villa in Tuscany; and an apartment at Battersea Power Station. Living at Old Queen Street would have been ideal whilst renovating the Queen Anne’s Gate property, with the two within a few minutes’ walking distance.

A magnificent Grade II listed five bedroom Georgian townhouse-mansion on Old Queen Street, providing 6,608 sqft of luxurious living space with a private rear garden, that was once the home of Harriet Beauclerk nee Coutts, the Coutts & Co bank heiress.

Set in St James’s Park, the rear façade with bay windows and garden overlook Birdcage Walk and the Royal Park. The townhouse-mansion is located between Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Westminster, originally built in 1770 and completely refurbished and modernised in 2015.The property was designed by Sir Robert Taylor (1714-1788), one of England’s foremost architects responsible for the Bank of England

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Despite opposition from his family Coutts married Harriet and when Thomas died he bequeathed his entire fortune to her (rather than the children from his first wife) including leaving Harriet his controlling interest in Coutts & Co bank. Harriet used the inheritance to fund

Serving as the central London home of William Beauclerk, the 9th Earl of Burford (1801-1849), who was one of the sons of the 5th Duke of St Albans. In 1825 William inherited the Dukedom and in 1827 caused a stir in high society when he married the fabulously wealthy Harriet Coutts nee Mellon (1777-1837). 23 years his senior, Coutts nee Mellon was the controller of the Coutts & Co banking fortune and the richest woman in London at the time. Harriet Mellon was a lowly actress working at the Duke Street Theatre when she captured the attention of Thomas Coutts (1735-1822) the elderly widowed founder of Coutts & Co bank.

and tutor of John Nash. The grand house was originally one of several on Old Queen Street owned and built under the auspices of the Beauclerk family, the historic landowners. The founder of the dynasty being Charles Beauclerk, the son of King Charles II and Nell Gywn who was granted lands close to the Royal Palace, the Dukedom of St Albans and the title of Royal Master Falconer – allowed to train the King’s falcons on land that is now St James’s Park.

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75 a glamorous lifestyle with homes in Brighton, Highgate and Piccadilly.

The 1827 marriage provided Harriet with a young “toyboy” and a Duchess title, and in return gave William the funds to lavishly refurbish his townhouse-mansion on Old Queen Street, gracing the interiors with artwork and fine furniture, and supporting a lifestyle of genteel elegance, including time at the Star & Garter Gentleman’s Club on Pall Mall, playing polo in Windsor and cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club. After the couple died childless their vast fortune and portfolio of homes was inherited in 1837 by Angela Burdett-Coutts (step granddaughter) who choose to keep Harriet’s Highgate mansion and sold off the other properties including Old Queen Street. It was then owned by several different families and remained a private family home up until circa 1919 when it was bequeathed to an educational foundation.

Between circa 1919 and 2015 the mansion was used as an office building, for many decades as Government offices, and more recently as multilet premises with some of the original internal historic features removed or destroyed. In 2015 the property was sold by the foundation and converted back into a luxurious townhousemansion.

77 PRESTBURY HOUSE RICHMOND, SURREY A magnificent Grade II listed 7,305 sqft Hampton Court manor house, with connections to King George III, Lancelot “Capability” Brown and the Romanov dynasty.

The first occupant of Prestbury House was landscape architect George Lowe who oversaw the construction of the manor house and who between 1738-1758 served as Master Gardener to King George II, followed by resident John Greening who served as Master Gardener to first George II and then King George III between 1758 to 1764. In 1764 Greening was replaced by the famous Lancelot “Capability” Brown (1716-1783).

Brown chose to make Wilderness House his official residence and used Prestbury House first as his offices and then sub-let the property to one of his estate managers. In 1881 the Royal Household decided that Wilderness House and Prestbury House should be used as grace and favour residences. The properties were modernised with electricity and bathrooms in 1935-1936 and the same upgrades applied to Wilderness House in 1907-1912. Between 1910-1935 the properties became the home and staff quarters for Lady White and family, the widow of Field Marshal Sir George White, the Governor of Gibraltar. Then between 1937 to 1960 Wilderness House was provided to HIH Grand Duchess Xenia of Russia, the exiled sister of Tsar Nicolas II, as her official London residence whilst Prestbury House served as offices, administration and accommodation for her staff and family.

It is from here that Grand Duchess Xenia and her staff had to deal with the claims of impostor Anna Anderson who fraudulently said she was the Grand Duchess Anastasia (the fraud only proved in 1991 after DNA analysis). In 1945 Prestbury House was sold and became a privately owned residence, a status that remains up until the present day. The gardens are bordered by historic walls, some which date back to 1540, built by King Henry VIII, with ornate pedestrian entrance gates and a side gate and sweeping driveway for cars/vehicles.

Prestbury House was originally built in 1742 with an elegant brick façade, tall windows, modillian cornice and mansard roof with dormer windows to the main façade. The house was extended with side wings in 1778-1781 and substantially refurbished in 1935 and 2011, the 2011 work carried out by architect ADAM Architecture and interior designer Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler.

The house was built to provide an official residence for the Royal Master Gardener to first King George II and later King George III, with a nearby property, Wilderness House, built in 1700, providing offices for the Master Gardener and his staff.

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David Armstrong-Jones, the 2nd Earl of Snowdon, who was styled as Viscount Linley until 2017, and is known professionally as David Linley, founded Linley in 1985. World renowned, Linley creates bespoke furniture, luxury gifts and accessories, and undertakes interior design that showcases the finest in British design and craftsmanship.

Former residence of foreign secretary & HQ of Cubitt construction company turned into luxury homes by David Linley.

Behind the historic Grade II listed façade, the new interiors of 1 Queen Anne’s Gate have been created by an extraordinary and exclusive collaboration with Linley, the design house founded by David Linley, and architects PDP London. The partnership has devised the apartment layouts and their bespoke specification; alongside the communal areas and dressed Show Homes.

Offering multiple Royal connections, 1 Queen Anne’s Gate in St James’s Park, is one of London’s most refined residential developments,

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A GRAND HISTORIC BUILDING, ORIGINALLY THE RESIDENCE OF THE BRITISH SECRETARYFOREIGN consisting of a grand historic building, originally the residence of the British Foreign Secretary and then the headquarters of Holland, Hannen & Cubitts. Now newly built behind the historic façade, providing 27 one, two and three bedroom lateral and duplex apartments and a five bedroom penthouse. Linley and PDP London also designed the interiors of the basement amenity floor which provides over 3,000 sqft of space including a fully equipped gymnasium, spa, cinema, club lounge, dining/conference room and business centre. Complete with an elegant entrance foyer with hotel-like concierge and a car-parking complex.Originally three separate townhouses, with ancillary buildings behind, one townhouse constructed in 1776 and second and third in the 1850s, creating a grand neo-Georgian façade. From 1900 the buildings served as the official London residence and adjacent offices for the British Foreign Secretary, a role held until 1928 when the residence was relocated to No.1 Carlton Gardens. Sir Edward Grey (1862-1933) served as Foreign Secretary between 1905 to 1916 and lived at Queen Anne’s Gate during this period, now commemorated by a blue plaque on the building’s façade. In 1930-1931 the townhouses were amalgamated and remodelled to create the current five storey Edwardian building, the property serving as the headquarters of the legendry construction firm Holland, Hannen & Cubitts, founded in 1824 by brothers Thomas Cubitt, William Cubitt and Lewis Cubitt.Aspart of the remodeling the separate townhouse porticos were replaced by a single

Holland Hannen & Cubbitts was acquired by Tarmac resulting in 1 Queens Anne’s Gate being sold, becoming multi-let offices up until 2014, when planning was started to convert the building and ancillary properties behind into the new residential scheme now known as No.1 Queen Anne’s Gate.

81 central Georgian style entrance, above which was the Crest of Arms for Holland, Hannen & Cubitts, the doorcase and crest carved in 1931 by artist George Alexander. This elegant doorway with its crest of arms now serves as the entrance to the new apartment building. Cubitt & Co, which grew into Holland, Hannen & Cubitts, was founded in 1824 and built parts of the Grosvenor Estate and Royal residences including the East front of Buckingham Palace and Osborne House. In 1909 the firm merged with rival Holland & Hannen (founded in 1815 by Benjamin Hannen) creating Holland, Hannen &DuringCubitts.the 1930s the firm was led by Chairman Lewis Cubitt Junior, who was the son of cofounder Lewis Cubitt. Operating from 1 Queen Anne’s Gate the company built South Africa House in 1933 and the Senate Building in 1937. During WWII the firm was asked by Winston Churchill to help build the floating Mulberry Harbours used for the 1944 D-Day Landings. In 1949 at the age of just 25 Henry Cubitt (later the 4th Baron Ashcombe), a descendant of cofounder Thomas Cubitt, joined the firm and rose to become Chairman. Henry (1924-2013) was also the uncle and godfather of Camilla Shand (now HRH The Duchess of Cornwall) whose mother was Rosalind Cubitt, another descendant of Thomas Cubitt. Under Henry Cubitt the business based at 1 Queen Anne’s Gate built the Royal Festival Hall, completed in 1951, the Roxburgh Dam in New Zealand in 1956, New Zealand House in 1961, Heathrow Airport buildings in 1963 and the Le Cartier Apartments in Montreal in 1965, at the time the tallest residential skyscraper in the Commonwealth.

The young Camilla Shand has fondly recalled visiting her uncle’s offices at 1 Queen Anne’s Gate and through his connections Camilla landed a job at interior design firm Colefax & Fowler.In1976

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In 1936-37 the original townhouses were replaced by a terrace of four white stucco mansions designed by Francis Lorne and built by

RUTLAND GATE KNIGHTSBRIDGE, SW7

The mega-mansion was originally built as a terrace of four townhouses designed by Sir Matthew Wyatt and constructed in the 1830s by Thomas Ross, fronting onto Kensington Road overlooking Hyde Park, located on the northern edge of Rutland Gate, named after the Duke of Rutland.

Overlooking Hyde Park, Rutland Gate is a large white stucco private palace, formerly owned by members of the Saudi Royal family this magnificent megamansion provides 62,000 sqft of luxurious living space over seven storeys.

2-8a Rutland Gate was acquired by funds advised by the Family Office of Mr Cheung Chung-kiu in a deal brokered by Beauchamp Estates (2020). Historically the property had planning for a Mike Spink lateral apartment scheme. Following this, Finchatton were appointed by the owner to advise on the refurbishment and redevelopment of the property.Givenrecent apartment transactions at the nearby Peninsula London project at up to £10,000 per sqft, the anticipated GDV (gross development value) of the completed scheme is calculated to be anything from £500 million to £700 million.

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In 1985-87 the Cubitt terrace was remodelled into a single Italianate private palace, designed by architects YRM. Providing luxurious accommodation over lower ground, raised ground and five upper floors, the 62,000 sqft mega-mansion has 45 rooms including grand state rooms, with interiors by French designer Alberto Pinto, 20 bedrooms, several passenger lifts, swimming pool, private health spa and gymnasium and underground parking. The history of the mega-mansion is well documented in the media. The private palace was formerly the London residence of Rafic Hariri, the billionaire and former Prime Minister of Lebanon, and it also served as the London home of HRH Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the late former Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.

The former headquarters of Jim Henson’s puppet workshop named the Creature Shop, famed for such lovable and enduring characters as those from Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock and of course, The Muppets.

George Lucas, who was in London working on the second Star Wars film, approached Jim Henson asking him to play the character Yoda. While Jim ultimately declined the Creature Shop advice, puppeteers and technology were all hugely influential on the development of the iconic character ofTheYoda.Creature

The Penthouse at The Henson, London NW1, is a luxury duplex four-bedroom penthouse, with multiple terraces offering views across London. The home is located in the former headquarters of Jim Henson’s puppet workshop named the Creature Shop, famed for such lovable and enduring characters as those from Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock and of course The Muppets.Inthe1970s

Shop moved into the old warehouse at the start of the 1990s, following the death of founder Jim Henson, as demand for their skills and expertise increased. Led by Jim’s son Brian, the Shop’s skills were much in demand, projects at the time included The Muppet Christmas Carol (with Michael Caine) and the astounding animals of the film Babe, which earned a second Academy Award for the Creature Shop. With Hollywood calling, a further location

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87 in Burbank opened, providing remarkable characters for the TV series Dinosaurs and film projects like The Flintstones and Where The Wild Things Are. The conversion of the warehouse, which overlooks the Regents Canal, between Camden Town and Primrose Hill, into 46 apartments was undertaken by Londonewcastle in 2010, with initial interiors by Tara Bernard. The Henson is located just a few minutes’ walk from Camden Town tube station and Primrose Hill Village. Residents benefit from living within minutes of the West End whilst still enjoying the suburban feel of living between Primrose Hill Village and Camden, an area rich with independent cafes, bars, restaurants and shops, as well as ample open green space courtesy of Primrose Hill.

STANLEY DOCK, LIVERPOOL

The impressive Grade II listed Victorian Tobacco Warehouse, overlooking the waters of Stanley Dock in Liverpool, is being transformed into the city’s most exclusive new residential address.

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Designed by renowned Liverpool architect Jesse Hartley of Royal Albert Dock fame, Stanley Dock, now a 7 acre central water feature, was originally opened in 1848 with three buildings designed around it comprising the North Warehouse (now the Titanic Hotel) and South Warehouse, both built in 1854-1855. Tobacco Warehouse was built in 1898-1901 and is the largest brick warehouse in the world. Designed by architect A. G. Lyster, Tobacco Warehouse has a floor area of 1.6 million square feet, and was built using 27 million bricks, 30,000 panes

BUILT IN 1898-1901 TOBACCO WAREHOUSE IS THE LARGEST BRICK WAREHOUSE IN THE WORLD

A COLLECTION OF LUXURY HOMES WITH HISTORY 90 of glass and 8,000 tonnes of steel girders. Between 1901 to 1985 the Tobacco Warehouse was used to store rum and tobacco (up to 60,000 barrels) with the ground floor used as a Sunday market between 1985 to 2011, with the surrounding warehouses operational up until 2013. During WWII Tobacco Warehouse was converted into a US military base responsible for the storage and shipment of supplies to the US army based in the UK preparing for the D-Day landings. One of the floors was turned into a US field hospital and another stored valuable goods captured from Nazis ships. On 8th November 1942 American First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt had a detailed inspection tour of Tobacco Warehouse. In recent times Tobacco Warehouse and Stanley Dock have been used as a historical set for famous TV and Hollywood film productions including Sherlock Holmes (2009), David Copperfield (2000), Captain America (2011) and Peaky Blinders (2012 and 2014). The transformation of Stanley Dock into a leading residential and leisure destination began in 2010 with the purchase of the dock and warehouses by Stanley Dock Properties. The North Warehouse was converted into the 153 bed Titanic Hotel in 2013-2014 and between 2015-2021 work commenced to transform the Tobacco Warehouse into one of Liverpool’s leading residential addresses. As one of the most architecturally and historically important buildings on the Liverpool waterfront, Tobacco Warehouse has a grand and elegant 14 storey façade with tall windows, ornate pediment, brick pilaster columns and lettering carved in brickwork and terracotta.

There are plans for the dock’s Pump House to be converted into a restaurant and cocktail bar and the South Warehouse to be converted into a 99 bed Apart-Hotel with a restaurant and health club. The current and planned amenities at Stanley Dock will provide residents of Tobacco Warehouse with an outstanding range of lifestyle facilities and places to entertain, exercise and relax on their doorstep, Liverpool’s premier residential and lifestyle address.

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Ready for immediate occupation the apartments for sale comprise one, two and three bedroom duplex apartments and on the top floor two bedroom penthouses that open onto private wrap around terraces. All the duplex apartments have dramatic double-height living rooms and upper mezzanine levels, providing a sense of volume and light rarely seen in Liverpool. Each offer a combination of city, river, dock and/or courtyard views. Each duplex has an open plan fully fitted kitchen with integrated appliances and two or more fully fitted luxury bathrooms with full height mosaic tiles and ceramic floor tiles. The principal bedroom suites have an ensuite bathroom and space for wardrobes and dressing.Tobacco Warehouse is the residential part of the £250 million (completed value) regeneration of Stanley Dock into a leading leisure destination, including the Titanic Hotel, created in 2013-14 from the adjacent North Warehouse, and now one of Liverpool’s most luxurious hotels with a restaurant/grill, cocktail bar and health club.

The voluminous interiors have generous ceiling heights and a bright and open ambience with natural light cascading in through the tall windows. During the restoration programme for Tobacco Warehouse hundreds of local builders carefully cleaned the brickwork, replicated the original windows and inside created a beautiful collection of new loft style apartments whilst preserving industrial architectural features such as exposed brick walls, cast-iron columns and generous ceiling heights.

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Entered through wrought iron entrance gates and wonderful front gardens, set amongst sweeping manicured lawns and landscaped grounds, Turville Grange has an distinguished history that includes Royalty, the Radziwill and Kennedy families of President JFK fame, the Ford automobile dynasty, Hollywood celebrities, tycoons and noted politicians. and leisure complex that have been recently refurbished, providing a 22 meter long pool hall with large swimming pool, gymnasium, sauna, relaxation/sitting room, bedroom/pilates room and changing/shower facilities. The estate is complete with a 1,690 sqft stable block and paddock, an 883 sqft glass house for plants, flowers and vegetables, alongside further store

HENLEY, OXFORDSHIRE

A magnificent Grade II listed Georgian style country house and c. 49.39 acre estate once home to the Princess Lee Radziwill, sister of First Lady Jackie Kennedy, and most recently of Henry Ford II and his wife Kathleen DuRoss Ford.

Overlooking Turville Heath to the front and the Chiltern Valley to the rear the Queen Anne style 7,998 sqft main house provides five bedrooms, five reception rooms, a lift, five staff bedrooms and a guest wing with a sitting room, two guest bedrooms and extensive garaging. In the grounds of the estate there is also a 1,905 sqft white fronted two bedroom guest house, known as The White House, named in honour of President Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy, along with two cottages, known as Rose Cottage and Turville Cottage, providing a total of 1,808 sqft of accommodation including three bedrooms each.Further to the residential residences, there is a double height 3,821 sqft pool house rooms and garages. Turville Grange can trace its origins back to 1700 with the current main house dating from 1887, remodelled by the then owner Stephen Smith, a local landowner. In 1905 the house and estate was purchased by the Marquis and Marquise d’Hautpoul de Seyre who transformed it into a grand Edwardian residence, adding the side wing and creating the formal gardens.

Julia Caroline Stonor, the Marquise, was a close friend of Prince George and Princess Mary of Teck, who were frequent visitors to Turville Grange and were to become King George V and Queen Mary in 1910. To celebrate the coronation of King George V the current mature trees were planted in the

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95 garden and in 1908 Queen Alexandra, George’s mother, gave the Marquise the magnificent wrought iron entrance gates, a smaller replica of the Royal gates at Sandringham, which still frame the front aspect of the house.

In 1950 Julia died and Turville Grange was sold to Lord and Lady Esher, he (Oliver Brett, the 3rd Viscount Esher) was a chairman of the National Trust and she an American iron/steel heiress. Their son, the renowned country house architect Lionel Brett, remodelled the main three storey house giving it a Georgian look, adding the Georgian front-door surround, several dormer windows and a Tuscan-columned loggia to one side.

In 1961-1962 Lionel Brett (who was made President of the Royal Institute of British Architects) and his cousin August Heckscher II advised American First Lady Jackie Kennedy on the refurbishment of The White House in Washington. In 1963 after his father Lord Esher died, these events led to the purchase of Turville Grange in 1966 by HSH Princess Lee Radziwill (1933-2019), Jackie Kennedy’s sister, and her husband HSH Prince Stanislas Radziwill (19141976), an exiled member of the former Royal family of Lithuania and Poland.

Princess Lee Radziwill had the main rooms and entrance hall at Turville Grange remodelled by Italian interior designer Renzo Mongiardino, with the gardens designed by landscape genius Lanning Roper, the masterpiece featured in Vogue (1971) and Architectural Digest (2018).

Lee named the guest cottage The White House in honour of her sister and frequent guest Jackie Kennedy, and the famous sisters used the stables and paddock for riding their horses whilst their children, including JFK Junior and Caroline

A COLLECTION OF LUXURY HOMES WITH HISTORY 96 Kennedy, played in the extensive gardens and the swimming pool pavilion, which was planned and built by Prince Stanislas. The sisters would celebrate Christmas at Turville Grange and during the RadziwillKennedy era summer guests included Princess Margaret, Aristotle Onassis, Harold Macmillan, David Niven, Sean Connery, Peter Sellers, Oleg Cassini and the Duke of Beaufort. When the Radziwills divorced in 1974 Turville Grange was purchased by their friends from one of America’s most celebrated dynasties. The house became the UK country estate of Henry Ford II (1917-1987), the eldest grandson of Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford and between 1945-1979 the CEO of the world renowned firm and the ultimate authority at Ford until his death in 1987. In 1980 Henry Ford II married former model Kathleen DuRoss Ford (1940-2020) who he had known since 1969 and Turville Grange became the place where the couple hosted film stars, aristocrats, artists and captains of industry.

Kathleen commissioned architect Jeffrey Smith and renowned design house Colefax & Fowler to refresh Lee Radziwill’s iconic interiors creating an outstanding example of classic English country-house style. Guests at Turville Grange included Michael Caine, Liza Minnelli, Nicky Haslam, Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, Victoria wife of Sir John Paul Getty and the Duchess of Marlborough with the Fords giving legendary dinner parties and weekend shoots at the renowned estate. The Sainsbury family were close neighbours and the Ford and Sainsbury children would play an annual game of baseball in the grounds of Turville Grange.NowTurville Grange is for sale and offers a glimpse into the elegant and refined private world of two of America’s most celebrated families. In the main house all the reception rooms flow off the Renzo Mongiardino designed entrance hall with the drawing room, living/garden room, library and dining room benefitting from features including generous ceiling heights, fine cornicing and tall sash windows.

The grand Portland stone building is located in the heart of the Government’s Whitehall quarter, adjacent to the Defence Ministry and was constructed in 18841887 by Jabez Balfour. Designed by Thomas Archer and A. Green, the building provides a combination of luxury apartments and flats used as offices or meeting places. Residents have included William Gladstone, Lord Kitchener and George Bernard Shaw. In 1911 the top floors and eaves of the building became the London headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS): MI6, founded in October 1909 by Sir Mansfield Smith-Cumming, a 50 year old Royal Navy officer. Originally MI6 was based in Ashley Mansions in Vauxhall Bridge Road, but by 1911 the growing service needed more space prompting them to relocate to Whitehall Court, an ideal location next to the War Office, Admiralty and Foreign Office.

As befitting a former lair of MI6, this most secret of penthouses is located over the top three floors (8th to 10th) of the building with one of Whitehall Court’s landmark cupolas (11th and 12th levels) providing unique living spaces at the top of the penthouse.

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Formerly part of the official Whitehall headquarters and pied-a-terre of Sir Mansfield Smith-Cumming, the unique 4,144 sqft, three-bedroom penthouse in Whitehall Court is located over the top three floors of this famous former government property.

A COLLECTION OF LUXURY HOMES WITH HISTORY 100 BLUE PLAQUE WHITEHALL COURT PENTHOUSE WAS ONCE THE LONDON HOME OF MI6 & SIR MANSFIELD SMITH-CUMMING, JAMES BOND’S BOSS “M”

101 Giles Milton in his book Russian Roulette: How British Spies Thwarted Lenin’s Global Plot writes: “To preserve his anonymity, SmithCumming first took a private flat in Ashley Mansions on Vauxhall Bridge Road and moved his SIS operations into this unassuming new headquarters. He would move again into the eaves of an Edwardian mansion building, Whitehall Court. This {flat} was a labyrinthine collection of offices close to the centre of government. Potential agents were led up six flights of stairs before entering a warren of corridors, passageways and mezzanines {in the eaves of the building}.”

The penthouse base was kept top secret, in his SIS memos (November 1909 and March 1910) Smith-Cummings wrote: “Been here five weeks. Absolutely cut off {in the eaves} from everyone while here and cannot give my address out or be telephoned to under my own name. One of my colleagues asked me if I should object to his moving into a flat next door, but I told him that I thought it would interfere with my privacy {and secrecy} in my own flat and I told him not to go forward with any such scheme.”

As the official Secret Intelligence Service website explains, so secret was the new headquarters that it even had a bogus address with the Post Office – Messrs Rasen, Falcon Limited (MI6 posed as a shipping firm) – with anything sent to this address by MI6 operatives forwarded to Smith-Cumming at the penthouse apartment.Intelligence reports produced in the penthouse

In a fitting homage to the role of Whitehall Court in the founding of MI6 the building has a cameo role in the new 2021 James Bond movie No Time To Die with footage of Bond actor Daniel Craig parking the famous silver Aston Martin outside the building, and looking up at the façade, before walking over to the adjacent Defence Ministry.

Ian Fleming (1908-1964) later used SmithCummings as the inspiration for James Bond’s boss, taking the code name “M” for the James Bond novels and movies.

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During WW1, danger from German bombers and Zeppelins resulted in the eaves of the building being reinforced with a huge network of steel encased timber beams and hardened flooring, to ensure that a bomb hit would not disrupt MI6, this extraordinary security upgrade remains in the penthouse to this day with the beams providing a novel feature within the livingDuringspaces.WW1 MI6 spied on the Germans in Belgium, made attacks on the German fleet in harbour and spied on the Bolsheviks in Russia, with M16 identifying the Russian radicals as a ‘threat to British security’. The security services also used the pad as a base for creating gadgets including invisible ink, pens containing poison and bombs disguised as rats.

were called CX reports – the name still employed today, and secret memos were written/typed in green ink, a practice which continues to the modern day. Smith-Cummings would sign himself as either “C” or “M” in green ink.

In December 1919 MI6 left Whitehall Court and moved its offices to a house on Melbury Road in Holland Park although Smith-Cummings continued to use Whitehall Court as his personal office and official residence up until 1922 when he was forced to leave due to ill health, dying in 1923 at the age of 64. In 1994 MI6 moved to its present headquarters, Vauxhall Cross, which has become world-famous from its appearances in several James Bond films. On 30th March 2015, a Blue Plaque was unveiled on the outside of Whitehall Court referring to Smith-Cummings use as a home and Secret Service office between 1911 and 1922.

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105 THE BEVERLY HOUSE

BEVERLY HILLS, LA

The former private palace and estate of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst and his partner famed actress Marion Davies.

In 1946

The Godfather and The Bodyguard, and used by John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy, The Beverly House, an 18 bedroom, 25 bathroom, 28,975 sqft private palace, is located in 3.5 acres of landscaped grounds and was originally designed by Architect Gordon Kaufmann and built in 1926 for banking tycoon Milton Getz.

The house opens onto the magnificent gardens, designed by landscape architect Paul Thiene and inspired by the Emperor Hadrian’s villa in Tivoli, with reflection pools linked by cascading waterwalls leading to a near Olympic-sized swimming pool bordered by pillared Roman temple facades, in the style of the famous Neptune Pool at Hearst Castle.

The house has an 82 ft long entry hall with

Starring in movies

The Beverly House was acquired by Hollywood actress Marion Davies (1897-1961) who bought it for her lover media mogul William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), with the couple using the estate as their Beverly Hills residence until Hearst’s death in 1951, the property owned by the Marion Davies estate up until 1967. It was here that the couple entertained the film and business elite of Hollywood. In 1953 the estate served as a honeymoon destination for JFK and Jackie Kennedy and later served as Kennedy’s West Coast presidential election headquarters. Scenes from movies

Accessed by high security gates and approached via an 800-foot driveway, The Beverly House is built in striking pink terracotta stucco, with the H-shaped mega-mansion designed in classic Italian and Spanish palatial styles, with features including long colonnades, wide balconies, several grand entertaining rooms, panelled walls, intricately carved ceilings, French doors and arched floor-to-ceiling windows.

The Godfather and The Bodyguard were also filmed at the estate, and it was used by Beyonce for filming and visuals for her album Black Is King.

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107 a loggia, a state room with a 22 ft high, handpainted arched ceiling and a two-storey library with hand-carved panelling and a wraparound galleried walkway. There is also a billards room with herringbone parquet floors and an intricately designed ceiling and carved fireplace, both virtually identical to ones at Hearst Castle in San Simeon. There is also a formal dining room, breakfast room and a family room with outdoor terrace. The lower ground floor contains an Art Deco-style nightclub a wine cellar, one of two projection/cinema rooms and a spa with gymnasium and massage room. On the second floor is a grand upper hallway, more than 102 ft long and 40 ft wide with a 9ft tall Dennis Abbe mural, alongside double principal bedroom suites, VIP guest suites and separate staff quarters.Theestate also benefits from a commercial kitchen, terraces able to accommodate 400 or more guests for a seated dinner and grounds to accommodate more than 1,000 people. Other facilities include an owner’s and staff offices, floodlit tennis court, guest house above an eight-car garage and a gate lodge with its own kitchen and four bedrooms. Including all the auxiliary buildings the estate provides just over 35,000 sqft of living accommodation.

Nestled in the heart of Provence, in the Var, lies an exceptional private domain of over 70 hectares (172.9 acres), which ensures the utmost privacy. The current owners purchased the land with its numerous outbuildings, ruins and dilapidated chapel, as many date from the time of the Templars, the Poor Knights of Christ (1119 – 1312).

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The exceptional location and nature of the historical buildings demanded a unique approach

Set in over 70 hectares (172.9 acres) of private woodland and grounds, this stunning Provence private domain brings together over 900 years of history, from the Templars of 1119 to world leading French contemporary architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte.

The new contemporary residence is situated a short distance from the historical buildings and chapel, on higher ground, taking maximum advantage of the elevated position. Designed in a modernist style, almost brutalist, it provides an inspiring counter point to the historical stone buildings, with angular features, asymmetrical facades and ‘brise soleil’ detailing, adding to the appearance and functionality of the design.

Split over two levels the new residence offers bright and open accommodation, its clean angular lines adding to the sense of relaxed simplicity. The ground floor comprises a fully fitted kitchen, with built-in appliances, dining room, two bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms,

and world-famous contemporary French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte was brought in to assist in the design and development of a principalJean-Michelresidence.Wilmotte

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and Wilmotte Associés Architects have been responsible for many iconic buildings and developments across the world.

Projects include the National Assembly Paris (1992), the National Museum of Contemporary Art Lisbon (1994), Chaumet Osaka (2004), LVMH Headquarters Paris (2004), Ferrari Sporting Management Centre Maranello (2015), L’Oreal Headquarters Clichy (2014), Damien Hirst ‘Treasures from the wreck of the Unbelievable’ Venice (2017) and the Master Plan for the regeneration of Paris’ Gare du Nord (due to be completed in 2023).

111 and reception room with feature fireplace and direct access to the terrace through sliding glass doors: the internal flooring blends with the stone paving of the terrace, uniting the two areas, only bisected by the track channel guide of the doors, echoing the line of the building.

The double height ceiling further adds to the feeling of space, the strategically positioned roof light channel bringing in light while keeping out the heat of the day.

Rising from the reception an open-plan staircase leads to a first-floor landing, creating a ‘gallery’ effect that is presently used as a mezzanine study area directly overlooking the reception below. At the far end of the landing a full height window provides natural light, protected from the sun by external ‘brise soleil’.

Two further bedrooms and two shower rooms, with independent access, are located on this floor, along with access to the roof terrace which takes full advantage of the property’s elevated position, offering breath-taking views over the treetops, to the countryside beyond. The large roof terrace is partially covered by a wooden pergola.Theproperty is situated in its own landscaped garden, that surrounds the house and can be accessed directly from the reception room. A large terrace with external dining area wraps around the property and is connected to a second terrace via a sheltered paved pathway. Walking along the pathway through established

The permit included the creation of a guest house, a caretaker’s house, a main house, a second house (old refectory) and a tower. The total area subject to the lapsed building permit is approximately 20,128 sqft.

trees the second terrace is revealed, complete with saltwater swimming pool, designed to integrate with the terrace and complement the architectural style of the property.

Located away from the new residence, at the base of the hill, are the cluster of historic buildings, four vestiges of the old estate buildings, dating from the time of the Templars, and a number of further ruins. The two largest buildings are a principal house and the Templar Chapel (deconsecrated), the latter having been fully restored (1,367 sqft SHOB), complete with contemporary minimalist benches (pews).

The four vestiges of old estate buildings were subject of a now expired building permit, approved in 2001, which allowed for the complete renovation of these buildings.

Subject to filing for and obtaining a new building permit, the restored and refurbished buildings could make a stunning private estate, or a commercial destination, such as an hotel or holiday accommodation. Subject to authorization some of the land could also be used to create vineyards and/or olive groves.

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Built in the first of half of the 18th century by world famous Baroque architect Filippo Juvarra, Villa La Voglina is situated near the once capital city of Turin and at the heart of one of Italy’s most celebrated wine regions, Piemonte, or Piedmont.FilippoJuvarra

designed the Villa following his appointment in 1714 by the King of Sicily and Piemonte. The monarch hoped to, with the architect’s skills, elevate Turin into a Royal capital, by designing and building a vast range of churches, lodges, palaces, and villas, as well as planning large new areas of the expanding city. During this time and until Juvarras death in 1736 he produced sixteen palaces, eight churches, urban planning projects, interior

VILLA LA VOGLINA TURIN, ITALY

The former residence of Filippo Juvarra, King of Sicily, a classic 18th Century Baroque Villa and Estate by Renowned Architect Filippo Juvarra, also used as Napoleon’s headquarters for the battle of Marengo.

today.Approached via a private drive, wrought iron gates and a classic arch lead through to a grand courtyard, around which the main villa is arranged, with a secondary building to the rear.

The scale of the estate ensures complete privacy for the owners.

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decoration and designs for furniture and church ornaments. The architect’s output was prolific and in addition to the Royal and public works he also designed a number grand villas in the region, of which Villa La Voglina is a prime example of his work and unique style. The church bell on site indicates that the church was consecrated in 1776 when it became a convent. In 1800 Napoleon used Villa La Voglina as his headquarters for the Battle of Marengo. Apparently as a ‘thank you’ to the French ancestors of the owner, he ordered captured Austrian troops to build the current terrace, lay traditional Habsburg black and white diagonal tiles in all three entrance halls and create three black and white marble staircases, that still grace the central property

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It is in the reception rooms of Villa La Voglina that the work of Filippo Juvarra is so predominant, providing grand and distinct designs, with ornamental detailing. Barrelvaulted spaces and ceilings, frescoed arches and plaster work are all present in the main reception rooms and principal bedrooms which were key aspects of his work. Surrounding the villa are beautiful formal gardens, terraces, and parkland.

VILLA VISTA

115 the front elevation of Villa Vista naturally demands maximum glazed areas, which allow the stunning views of the Aegean to be appreciated from every room through the many floor to ceiling windows. The contemporary interpretation of Mykonian residential architecture has produced the perfect balance between interior and exterior space. All the windows are designed to be fully recessed if required, so that in conjunction with the skylights (seen on the roof of the villa) the perception of a covered external space can be created, seamlessly merging inside and outside space.The unique architectural design of the villa brings passive building designs and concepts to the forefront. The southwest facing façade benefits from an external shading system, overlapping the windows which in conjunction with the various skylights, open spaces to the rear of the villa to allow the daylight, ventilation and humidity to be controlled by natural means, ensuring lower energy consumption for cooling and heating. The roof also makes use of an external thermal insulation composite system (ETICS) for improved efficiency. Mirroring the Aegean Sea, floor to ceiling windows in every room provide uncompromising views. Parts of the grounds have been left intact, letting cavities of space create multiple private terraces that follow the lines of the villa. These

MYKONOS, GREECE Carved discretely into the Mykonian landscape of Tourlos, commanding stunning views out to sea, sits the linear form of Villa Vista. This unique residence seamlessly blends contemporary architecture with the surrounding landscaped grounds. The Villa has been designed by leading internationally recognised Athens based architects DECA, whose work seeks to develop a narrative with the location and context of each individual project. In Villa Vista DECA have created a contemporary villa, which re-interprets classic Mykonian design and reimagines hillside living for the 21st century, with uncompromising standards.Mykonos is famed for its sunsets and Villa Vista provides the perfect secluded vantage point from which to appreciate this daily ritual and the ever-evolving views of the Aegean Sea. Villa Vista successfully harnesses current environmentally aware design and construction, maximising the beauty of its unique Mykonos setting and exploiting the stunning Aegean Sea views to dramatic effect. Partially subterranean, built into the hillside,

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117 areas provide privacy and create multiple viewing points from which to view the landscape and sea beyond.Equal attention to detail has been paid to interior finishes, selecting materials and colour palettes that are in harmony with the landscape. Earthy surfaces can be found throughout the villa: stone like materials, rough coatings that appear naturally hewn, and wood have been used extensively, creating a sense of natural openness. Italian ceramic has been used as the villa’s principal flooring material, complimented by polished cement and raw wooden boards. Villa Vista is situated in an exceptional location, architecturally designed to take maximum advantage of this. It is one of the very few examples of this style of architecture to be found in Mykonos.

The internal and external areas of Villa Vista follow a linear progression across the hillside location, complimented by a heated infinity edge swimming pool, an outdoor kitchen and dining area.

119 Andreas Bekas - www.andreasbekas.com Page 17, 18 Alex Winship - www.alexwinship.com Page 65, 66 Capital Group - www.capital-group.co.uk Page 18, 58, 62, 69, 74, 75, 87 Casa e Progetti (Virtual Staging) - www. casaeprogetti.com Page 91, Christopher92 Heaney - www.christopherheaney.com Page Edward90 Hill - www.edwardhill.com Page 80, 81, 82PHOTOGRAPHY INDEX

A COLLECTION OF LUXURY HOMES WITH HISTORY 120 Enstar Capital Page 33, Harefield34Place - www.harefieldplace.com Page 55, 56 Jon PageHolland24,72, 78, 101, 102 Nick Ingram – www.nickingram.co.uk Page 95, 96, 97 Sky Shot Global - www.skyshotglobal.com Page 42, 43, 44 Tony Murray www.tonymurray.co.uk Page 15, 20, 21, 22, PHOTOGRAPHY28 INDEX

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Gary Hersham Founder, Beauchamp Estates

This book brings together a collections of properties that we hope readers will find enjoyable and informative, and serves to underline the quality and prestige of the instructions that Beauchamp Estates manage.

Anthology: A Collection of Luxury Homes with History

Articles inside

Villa Vista

Villa La Voglina Turin, Italy

Tourtour

The Beverly House Beverly Hills, LA

Turville Grange Henley, Oxfordshire

Tobacco Warehouse

Whitehall Court

The Henson

Rutland Gate

Queen Anne’s Gate St James’s, SW1

Prestbury House Richmond, Surrey

Oceanic House

Hyde Park Gate Hyde Park, W2

Old Queen Street St James’s, SW1

Old Queen Street St James’s, SW1

Hyde Park Gardens Hyde Park, W2

Honiley Hall Kenilworth , Warwickshire

Homer Street

Hamstone House

Harefield Place

Hamilton Terrace

Hanover Terrace

Hanover Terrace

Great Queen Street Covent Garden, WC2

Gatti House

Foreword

Bedford Row

Eaton Square Belgravia, SW1

Albert Terrace

Frognal Hampstead, NW3

Curzon Street

Cannon Lane