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DEAR RESIDENT Christmas is on ALL our minds this month, and as you can tell from our celebratory red cover, we’re in the mood, full-swing. The carol service at All Saints Church on 9 December promises to be an event to talk about over the Christmas turkey, featuring none other than Victor Meldrew (if you can imagine him singing), as part of a celebrity-fuelled choral build up to a fanfare of music by local bands. Read more about this in The Calendar on pages 8-9. We’ve a special focus on all things Hurlingham this month, with not only our main feature dedicated to the history of the Hurlingham Club (pages 6-7) but also an interview with the Hammersmith and Fulham Rugby Football Club who take to the turfs adjacent weekly (page 12).
I M A G E: Rubelli’s s e a s onal s h o p ping event at c h e l sea ha rb our , se e page 9
As we look to the New Year we get little further than lunch plans for New Year’s Day. Very important we feel, and well worth planning ahead with the eclectic and highquality local options available. We have selected our top four locales for both New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day comfort eating (Food for thought, page 10). This and plenty more in our December Journal for you, the Resident. I am looking forward to revealing twelve fresh Journals to you in 2013 and meanwhile wish you a very happy Christmas.
Alice We highly value your feedback: editor@residentsjournal.co.uk or 020 7987 4320
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LOCAL NEWS
News of interest for local residents who want to stay on the pulse
Local woman tackles Mount Kilimanjaro
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PONTOON PARTY
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ulham resident and Multiple Sclerosis sufferer Alice-Louise MacGillivray has raised £2,300 for the Multiple Sclerosis Society after she set her sights on the summit of Africa’s tallest peak. Although she didn’t make it all the way to the top, Alice still trekked for four days to reach Lava Tower, some 4,600 metres above sea level, and defied her own illness in the process as she tackled the Machame route – the hardest trail up the vertiginous mountain. Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis ten years ago, Alice has never let the condition slow her down, having already completed several marathons and having worked as an air stewardess. For this effort, she put her body through a gruelling training regime, taking part in Bikram Yoga classes nearly every day to build up strength in her lungs. This held her in good stead until altitude sickness set in and, seeing her unsteady on her feet, her team refused to let her attempt the 350ft Barranko Wall, the final checkpoint on the last leg of the journey up to the peak. Around 100,000 people in the UK have Multiple Sclerosis, which affects the ability of the nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord to communicate with each other. The Multiple Sclerosis Society offers a helping hand to those living with the condition – from emotional support and counselling to advice on the practicalities and financial implications involved. At the time of print, Alice has raised over sixty-five percent of her target donation, an impressive £2,350, to help aid the charity further in its work. Those who want to help Alice achieve her £3,500 goal can visit her Just Giving fundraising page: www.justgiving.com/mskilimanjaro.
There is a modest legion of rowers already acquainted with the benefits of having the ribbon of river lapping at our doorstep, and now the local community has also been granted an incentive to retrieve their kayaks and wetsuits from garages and sheds. The brand new twenty-five metre pontoon, which has been launched at the luxury Fulham Reach development on the north bank of the Thames, is a welcome sight for dedicated sportsmen and
The floating dock was declared open in November and has already been tried and tested by rowers from the Latymer Upper School women and anyone else who likes to have an occasional dalliance with the water. The floating dock was declared open in November and has already been tried and tested by rowers from the Latymer Upper School. The new facility is the first phase of a larger master plan to equip the mixed-use development with a new water sports facility, complete with a 500 square metre boat house, which will be built by developer St George in due course. It is hoped that when the whole set-up is completed it will encourage more local people to take up mastering the oar and there is even talk of eventually setting up a community rowing club.
In the spirit of the season The great oUTDOORS Child’s play Words: an n a c a s ta l d i
While the most sensible of souls might look forward to a month spent cooped up cosy and warm indoors, for little ones who have no concept of the cold, and enough excess energy to bounce off the walls before too long, the great, frozen outdoors is an appealing prospect no matter what the weather. Good news for parents and tots then that an arsenal of apparatus – swings, slides, roundabouts and see-saws – are soon to be installed at Lillie Road Recreation Ground and Eel Brook Common. Come the New Year, children can unleash their pent-up fizz trying out the new council-funded spinners, flat swings, nest swings and more. New play surfacing and grass areas will also complete the update.
The annual Christmas Day lunch for older residents in the borough, which has been hosted by Hammersmith and Fulham Council for the last two decades, offers over sixty elderly residents who would usually spend the day alone, to come together and tuck into roast turkey and all the trimmings at Hammersmith Town Hall. The council has sent out a request for volunteers from across the borough – either individuals or local companies – who are willing to make donations of food, gifts or to spare a few hours of their precious time to make sure the worthy event runs without a hitch. Over one-hundred good souls got stuck in last year serving up stuffing and sprouts, looking after the guests and rallying the diners for a post-dinner dance. Those wanting to pledge their support this year can download donation and volunteer forms from the council website, which must be filled out without delay and returned to: The Events Team, 1st Floor, 77 Glenthorne Road, W6 0LJ. They must reach the organisers by 10 December. Would-be volunteers can also email events@lbhf.gov.uk or call 020 8753 2135 to express their interest.
New leaf for the new year Our leafy postcode might already boast the fourth highest number of trees per square mile in London, with over 8,700 of the things lining the streets and clustered to create shaded arbours in the parks, but there’s always room for more. To up the ante on the arboreal appeal front, residents will be able to bid for funding to bring even more trees to the area in the New Year. The first round of funding for two green schemes set up by Boris Johnson, the Street Tree Initiative and the RE: LEAF Community Grant, closed on 16 November but residents can get their thinking caps on now as there will be further opportunities to apply for grants of between £2,000 and £10,000, which are available to organisations and groups representing the community. The RE: LEAF Community Grant Scheme aims to bring 10,000 new street trees to the capital by 2015. A few new saplings will keep good company alongside the 300 birches, lime trees and London plane trees planted in the borough over the course of the year. Check london.groundwork.org.uk for updates on when to apply for the next round of funding.
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DOORSTEP DINNERS Time is of the essence this month, and with precious few minutes to factor in food shopping and recipe planning, locally launched delivery service, Jessica’s Recipe Bag will prove a godsend. Subscribers to the new ingredients-on-wheels initiative can look forward to bags full of carefully sourced, fresh produce and easy to follow recipe cards designed by nutritional therapist and cook Jessica Andersson. Delivered to your door every Monday evening, the supply rations can be whipped up into such tasty and comforting dishes as Thai chicken with rice noodles and a hearty cod and vegetable bake with sweet potato mash. Choose between a family bag containing enough nosh for four meals for four and the smaller couples’ bag, which has all the essential elements to create three seasonal meals for two. www.jessicasrecipebag.co.uk
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A playground for the jaded royalty and rulers of yore, The Hurlingham Club has made a major mark on social and sporting history. Lauren Romano delves in
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he most verdurous of green grass carpets rolls out to greet the gleaming white columns of The Hurlingham Club, which has lorded over its countless acres since 1869. This elite members’ club, with a waiting list of around a decade, has withstood the test of time pragmatically. The land on which its bricks are stacked once formed part of the manor of the Bishops of London, who passed their summers in splendid bucolic isolation at the nearby Fulham Palace. The bishops’ clutch over the expanse of fields and orchards dated back to before 1066 and their abundant domain would perhaps have stood
empty for many more years were it not for an act passed by King William and Queen Mary in 1693, one which decreed they could lease out their lands. Keen to cash in, one can only presume, nine acres was allocated to Dr William Cadogan who set about creating the core of the Hurlingham House building which sits in its undulating forty-two acres to this day. It wasn’t until 1869, however, that The Hurlingham Club was established, the lands having passed through the hands of many of the great and good of Fulham. Before the whoosh of the polo mallet became a familiar sound, it was pigeon shooting that established the club’s reputation (the bird is still
featured on the club’s crest), drawing in the likes of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) and his posse – even the exiled Emperor Napoleon III was not excluded. The last private owner of the estate, Victorian capitalist Richard Naylor was persuaded by one Frank Heathcote to hold pigeon shooting matches in the grounds in 1867 and every summer until 1905. A cloud of live pigeons was released for those who fancied themselves a good shot. The club was then formed and it went on to lease the estate from Naylor in 1869 and in 1874 acquired the freehold for £27,500. Undeniably however, it was the decision to introduce polo in 1874 that cemented the sprawling retreat’s standing as a sporting and social destination – a place to see and be seen. Its royal and elite connections also helped: Honorary members including Winston Churchill and the Duke of York joined the world and his wife during the summer season to cheer on the polo players. The first ever game to be played at the Club between the Royal Horse Guards and the Monmouthshire Polo Club took place on Saturday 6 June 1874. The rules of the game were also established here by the Hurlingham Club committee in 1875 and the club became the official headquarters of the sport for the British Empire. But the club’s polo days were numbered. Four hundred and fifty officers and members of the Army and Royal Air Force were quartered here during the Second World War along with an anti-aircraft battery and a balloon barrage unit. Suddenly, the main polo ground was turned into an expansive allotment, with members digging for victory for as far as the eye could see. During
During turbulent times, The Hurlingham Club came to personify British stoicism these turbulent times, The Hurlingham Club came to personify British stoicism and its ‘keep calm and carry on’ pragmatism helped see it through the twenty-seven bombs and a land mine that threatened to blow the building to smithereens. It was still business as usual and the club pulled its socks up and remained open. The membership policy was relaxed somewhat too in the spirit of camaraderie and reduced membership fees and free passes were offered to the staff of foreign
embassies and officers of the Allied armed forces. The war was to shape the estate indelibly; the polo grounds were compulsory purchased by London County Council and transformed into Hurlingham Park, a school and the council flats at Sulivan Court soon after. But as the polo ponies were carted off their turf, other sports began to flourish. Tennis, which was first introduced to the club in 1877, with the first ‘All England’ Wimbledon tournament held here, went from strength to strength. A cricket field was also created from the abandoned pony exercise track in 1951 and the Croquet Association set up its headquarters on site from 1959-2002. It has, of course, never just been about the sport; The Hurlingham Club has always exuded a certain glamour. Even in the clay pigeon shooting heyday of the 1870s, the club’s records suggest that only 283 of the 800 enrolled were in fact shooting members. Perhaps many were encouraged by the fact that they could each bring a female guest at no extra expense to soak up the splendour à deux. The annual Eton and Harrow Ball (which became the Hurlingham Ball in 1950) was on every social butterfly’s radar and gate crashing posed a real problem. Black-tied and ballgowned party-goers attempted to infiltrate from all sides of the club, including the river. Apparently, Putney boat men even rowed the gate crashers over specially. Today the illustrious Hurlingham has a waiting list that drags on for two decades for full access rights. Those who have been proposed and seconded by two full members of the club can put their names down and, after the allotted ten years, can look forward to enjoying offpeak membership for all but the weekends in May to July. After another decade lapses, those most patient of souls will then be rewarded with full voting membership. A worthwhile wait, many agree, for golden ticket access to The Hurlingham’s acres of delights: its convivial restaurants and bars and some of the most top-notch facilities found on our fair isle, all steeped in the memories of countless sporting and social victories of days gone by.
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the calendar Diary dates for residents looking for the best in the local area’s events
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Things are getting decidedly festive at Fulham Palace. With a focus on the customs of crackers, presents, cards and Christmas trees inherited from our Victorian ancestors, the Great Hall will host ‘A Victorian Christmas’ on Tuesday 11 December. From 7pm9pm festive songs, a Mummers’ Play (that’s a forerunner of the modern-day pantomime) and an epic Christmas yarn of damsels in distress and chivalrous knights cavorting off on epic quests will be performed in front of a roaring fire. Sunday 9 December is another date of note as the pantomime Sleeping Beauty will be held in the marquee from 1pm. Little ones can take their stageside seats on the floor, inches away from the actors. Book for both events at Lyric Hammersmith on 020 8741 6850. A last family drop-in session of the year at the Jessie Mylne Education Centre offers a chance for families to get creative with their children; no booking is required, just pop along between 2pm-3.30pm on Sunday 16 December.
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A slice of movie action Recently opened New York inspired pizza joint, Brooklyn Bite is in possession of one of the most comfortable Sunday hideaways in the area, tucked away out of sight in the restaurant’s basement. Those popping into the dimly lit speakeasy-style bar can enjoy old classic films, as the mixologists shake up their takes on traditional cocktails, like the very drinkable Gin-ee in a bottle – a punchy pairing of gin, Campari, Cointreau and lemon juice. For the full experience, reserve a spot for the afternoon on one of the red leather banquettes upstairs and forego the typical Sunday Roast for a molten cheesefilled calzone or a crispy thin-based pancetta, pepperoni and salamitopped pizza before venturing downstairs for a golden oldie flick and a glass of something cold. Brooklyn Bite: 342 Kings Road, 020 7352 5057 www.brooklynbite.com
On the home front The Venetian, family-run fabric company Rubelli is hosting a seasonal shopping event on Tuesday 11 December at Chelsea Harbour. Between 10am and 9pm, exquisite fabrics, lighting, furniture and home accessories from luxury brands like Donghia, L&B, Lusso London, Leopold Rye and Armani/ Casa Exclusive Textiles by Rubelli will be available to purchase. Those wanting to tighten the grip on the purse strings given the time of year won’t have to shell out a small fortune either, as there will be seventy percent off ex-display and twenty percent off all new orders placed with Rubelli and Donghia on the day. Nipping by for a peruse is a guaranteed way of getting your mitts on envy-inducing homewares and memorable gifts for those with impeccable taste. Prepare to be dazzled by art-deco imitation tub chairs, striking cushions and snuggly throws, Alison Cork cashmere, Italian accessories and fur collars and cuffs from Barnardo. Rubelli: Ground floor, Design Centre East: Chelsea Harbour, 020 7349 1590, www.rubelli.com
NIPPING INTO DESIGN CENTRE EAST IS A GUARANTEED WAY OF GETTING YOUR MITTS ON MEMORABLE GIFTS
Carry on carolling for Charity It’s not every day that Eamonn Holmes, doyenne of the crime novel Ruth Rendell and Richard Wilson (aka Victor Meldrew) nudge up on the church pew together for a sing song. But, all in aid of a good cause, on Thursday 6 December, they will lead rousing refrains of carols as the candles twinkle through the historic All Saints church on Pryors Bank. Holmes won’t be straying too far from his day job as he hosts the evening held in aid of Kids for Kids charity, with all proceeds going towards life changing projects to help children in Darfur. Guests will also have the opportunity to donate goats and donkeys as Christmas presents too; the goat’s milk will provide vulnerable little ones with a precious source of protein. The Thames Fanfare Brass band, the Choir of Danes Hill School and the St Andrew’s Singers and a special performance from the celebrity choir will no doubt prove riveting. A peal of the bells of All Saints at 6.30pm will be a sonic signal to the carollers to take to their seats for the concert’s 7pm start. Purchase tickets in advance at kidsforkids.org.uk. Minimum donations apply.
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Shape up for the New Year LiveFit Body Transformation is Fulhambased personal trainer James Hardy’s own unique and highly effective training programme, which achieves results through a combination of carefully devised eating plans and intense exercise to maximise the metabolism for a comprehensive body toning overhaul. Every participant is put through the paces of the revolutionary Bio-Signature Hormone Profiling assessment, which scrutinises the correlation between particular areas of stored body fat and hormone balance. This determines the best nutritional intake, supplementation and exercise programme for each individual looking to enrol at a variety of classes held at fitrooms on North End Road on Wednesdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 12pm. Certain hormone imbalances will have a direct impact on how the body burns calories and stores fat, so by specifically advising what triggers to be avoiding and the most effective ways to be training, the classes can really make an impact. Training takes place in small groups and each participant is closely monitored and pushed to reach their full potential, so much so that clients regularly lose seven percent of their body fat, or 16lbs, in a month. Weekly FitMum classes held at 10am on Mondays at fitrooms and 10.30am on Tuesdays at Nuffield Health Centre are designed to help target the areas of the body weakened through pregnancy and are led by a pre/post-natal specialist with over fifteen years’ experience. For an added incentive, any new members to either of the Fulham classes can attend for free in December if they quote Fulham Residents’ Journal. LiveFit Personal Training: 254-258 North End Road, 020 7385 0688 www.livefit.co.uk
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT For New Year’s Day and New Year’s Eve, plan ahead and you won’t have to go far from home
1. enough english fodder? think french Your dining room from home, also known as My Dining Room on Farm Lane, is a wonderful French gastro pub whose delectable cooking you can enjoy either on New Year’s Eve with a special set menu, or on New Year’s Day for a much-needed post-festivities meal. Head chef Tom Cenci, who cut his teeth at the Cliveden Hotel, will be on hand to whip up oysters and sea bass on New Year’s Eve, or a stunning range of French bistro-style food like tartiflette – Reblochon cheese melted over Ratte potatoes with confit shallots and bacon lardons – and snails and wild mushrooms on toast for lunch on New Year’s Day. The combination of homely, traditional French cooking and thoroughly reasonable prices make for perfect winter comfort food. 18 Farm Lane, 020 7381 3331 www.mydiningroom.net
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2. A flame-grilled entrée to the year The charcoal grill restaurant Brasa on the first floor of the Fulham Bar and Grill will be ushering in the New Year with a specially designed delectable three-course dinner menu; the added twist being that the evening is masquerade-themed and you must come bearing a mask of your choice. Book tickets in advance to savour the flavours of pumpkin velouté, roast chestnuts and ceps or tuna escabeche, aubergine caviar and coriander followed by braised beef Catalan or woodland mushroom and black truffle risotto. Bookings are £50 a head, and include a glass of champagne and amuse bouche on arrival. There are limited tickets available for after-dinner drinks only as well, so email suzanne@broadway-house.com soon. 474-476 Fulham Road, 020 7610 3137 www.brasalondon.com
3. Dine lazy, dance heavy The Duke on the Green on the New King’s Road closes after lunch at 4pm on New Year’s Eve to start decking the halls for the New Year’s evening party. There are two dinner sittings: one at 7.30pm and one at 9.30pm; after the latter, diners can keep their table for the whole evening’s festivities. The special New Year’s menu includes wood pigeon, lobster, beef wellington and champagne jelly. All diners get free entry; non-diners are charged £10 a head entry. For this they can enjoy luscious cocktails like the Chilli & Mango Margarita, Lavender Collins and Blueberries & Basil, or traditional champagne cocktails and fine wines, all while dancing the night away until 3am accompanied by a DJ set. This is a ticketed event, so visit the Duke’s website for booking information. 235 New King’s Road, 020 7736 2777 www.dukeonthegreen.co.uk
Banish hangovers and settle into the friendly atmosphere at Fulham favourite The Durell Arms on New Year’s Day. Any establishment that boasts a Great Hall for parties while listing its cocktails under the heading ‘potions’ is just fine by us. Try the signature Bloody Mary laced with chilli sherry alongside one of their lunch platters named after fictitious detectives: the Kojak with lamb kofte and baba ganoush, the Morse with ham and coleslaw or the Clouseau with baked camembert and charcuterie. Ale lovers will appreciate the traditional beer pumps that rotate a selection of three choices from old favourites to esoteric seasonal brews, all at the same reasonable price. If you feel like making a day of it here, there is a pub quiz on in the evening with an entry fee of a mere £2, where you could stand a chance of winning anything from cash to food and wine. 704 Fulham Road 020 7736 3014 www.durellarmsfulham.com
restaurant REVIEW
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Lauren Romano overcomes her fear of goats’ cheese at Amuse Bouche’s new first-floor restaurant
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muse Bouche was bumbling along rather nicely, for some six years, until the winds of change rapped on her door last month. Claude’s Kitchen is its beautiful new restaurant space on the first floor. The decoration is given a more romantic touch than the modern (£14) doused in vanilla and parsley-infused ground floor: strings of dimmed filament festoons the windows of many an eatery butter, served with crushed potatoes and a light bulbs cast a warm glow upon the on the continent. In soup form (Zuppa di refreshing sprout and mache salad which intimate space. The furniture – a higgledy Baccala, £6) it proves a rustic consumé of adds a verdant dimension to the dish. My piggledy miss-match of rustic looking chairs, salty (but not overbearingly so) hake with friend’s plate of pork chop and autumn tables and benches – resembles a charmingly buoyant whole cherry tomatoes, pieces of chutney (£15) is a heartier yet well-balanced impromptu dinner party in an antiques soft fennel and a scattering of herbs, whose riot of colours; a shocking purple smear of shop; a pleasant, homely feel. freshness counterbalance the brininess. My rich and earthy beetroot providing a base for Head chef Claude Compton is also the companion opts for a splendidly presented the heap of pork, sweet peppers, kale and brains behind the meals-on-wheels van with pairing of quail, chorizo and black olive apple chutney piled upon it. conscience, Green Goat Food; a converted (£7) which sits atop a slice of toasted In a moment of adventurousness, school bus which rolls up to food markets sourdough with a pile of colourful radicchio we opt for a plate of hard goats’ cheese and serves up the likes of sustainably salad leaves. The slightly chewy chorizo drizzled in a pungent rosemary honey and sourced mackerel burgers. At Amuse, he has complements the succulent and juicy quail. scattered with Marcona almonds (£6) – an created a simple menu of three dishes per I decide to stick with fish for main, with unusual move for someone who usually course from which to choose. Fresh as can melt-in-the-mouth, soft pan-fried plaice turns her nose up at the hint of be, the fish on tonight’s menu was anything goat. A far cry from what was available at the market The fish on tonight’s menu its overpowering and overripe this morning. was what was available at the cousins, this incarnation of the For starter I opt for Claude’s market this morning cheese (a hard Murcia al Vino take on the dried, salted fish that D.O.P variety) was a revelation and will make me think twice before dismissing it next time. The simple and elegantly presented dishes are testament to the fact that comfort food doesn’t have to involve the loosening of belts. Claude’s expertly put together pairings are a nod in the direction of nourishing nosh which is both pleasantly filling yet refreshing. Even, to my surprise, the chocolate mousse (£5) had an almost ambrosial characteristic; light as a feather and not overly sickly. Amuse Bouche: a triumph indeed. Bless those brave winds of change. 51 Parsons Green Lane 020 7371 8517 www.amusebouchelondon.com
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ON THE BALL Alice Tozer trundles on down to Hurlingham Park of an evening to see the ‘other’ Hammers in full swing
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t’s a bitter chill Tuesday evening, of the sort you want to go straight from work to bed and wake up to find it’s April. The alternative is to face the elements head on and, say, go roll in the mud. Enter Hammersmith & Fulham Rugby Football Club (‘the Hammers’ as they are fondly known), a hardy group of guys and gals who travel the dusky streets by bike, foot and car
to convene at Hurlingham Park for just this, and a few technicalities in between, each Tuesday and Thursday evening. Both sexes are well represented and the spanking new floodlights glare a milky blue such that (if you’ve got enough layers on) it’s almost cosy; a parallel universe operating on a pitch, the perimeter of which is overlooked by terraced houses, where light glows behind the
curtains of the weaker-willed. Being South West London, a fair crosssection of the world is represented; Aussies, Kiwis, South Africans, English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh blood mightn’t raise any eyebrows on the rugby pitch but there are some lesser-expected nationalities too; Portuguese, Hungarian and Spanish among them, not forgetting ‘Kevin the German’. Numbers are high across the five men’s teams (some 110 in total) and that’s before counting the vets, the Saturday morning minis (an incredible 200) or the ladies (totalling some thirty-five). The blue and red club colours hark back to those of the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham which existed until 1965 when the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham was born. The delightful, ever-smiling Chairman Terry Alleyne has seen it all, having been central to the club’s working since its inception in 1978. It’s his type of grass-roots sporting volunteering that restores your faith in London life. Terry was 1st XV team captain in the eighties and played with the vets into the last decade. He has lived in Hammersmith since he was eleven years old. Tonight, he’s overseeing goings on whilst on
there are some lesser-expected nationalities: portuguese, hungarian and spanish among them, not forgetting ‘kevin the german’ Sundays he organises five to fourteen years-olds. They play tag rugby until they’re nine and then truly learn the art of the oval ball. Once the whistle is blown at 7.30pm, it’s heads down for bleep-tests and tackle-bag collisions in preparation for weekend matches. There’s a palpable sense of focus to the two men’s and one girls’ groups, charging around with bags of energy from a day chained to the desk no doubt, and apparently coming variously from rugby
backgrounds, fresh to the sport (see previous Kevin the German), or having been egged on by a friend or a rugby-passionate Dad. It’s not something I’d imagine girls, in particular, to take up in their twenties but apparently this they do. Some are seeking postuniversity continuity to their sport playing and many are in their late twenties, looking to reconnect with the sport. Amidst pigtails and pink socks, standing out from the crowd are twins Lucinda and Sophie Tauchert (Director of Ladies’ Rugby and Ladies’ Captain, respectively). Sophie plays centre and Lucinda is out in the wing. Lucinda says: ‘It’s great to be able to play a sport together, particularly one which essentially becomes your social life too. The opposition’s reaction can sometimes be a bit funny as they sometimes think we’re one really good player! But I really enjoy training with Soph, though perhaps as sisters we can sometimes tell each other off a bit too much.’ Practically speaking, she adds: ‘By both being on the ladies’ committee we’re able to help each other out a lot and manage the team and the admin around our work – there are more spreadsheets in rugby that you’d imagine!’ The girls started playing in 2003, aged twenty. They were spurred on, Lucinda says, ‘partly due to my Dad as my brother showed no interest. It was the year England ended up winning the Rugby World Cup and we established a team in our college at University that same year.’ The (male) ladies’ coaches are entirely dedicated current and former players who clearly take the girls as seriously as the men. Rugby here is a good social outlet for the London newbie, whatever his or her background, since we all know that downing the pints is an important part of a rugby player’s progression. By their own admission, the vets are ‘built on a strong social camaraderie, where the port before the game and the beers afterwards [… ] are as important as the champagne rugby played on the field.’ In the Hammers’ case, pints are to be had at The Larrik Inn on the New Kings Road, which also sponsors the club. The club’s efforts to build their o p p o s i t e , C LOC KWISE FR O M TOP : the u n d e f e at e d 1 s t X V team in the 2010-11 s e a s o n ; t e r ry a n d l ucinda recei vi ng the s e n i o r c l u b o f t h e year accolade at the LBHF awa r d s i n J u ly 2012; the LADIES TEAM IN ACTION. a bo ve: the ladies team
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own clubhouse at Hurlingham Park have met with residents’ objections. This seems a shame but they do seem content with their Larrick routine post weekend games. There is currently a pavilion fit for changing and pottering around which outdates a grandstand that was knocked down in 2002. There’s a pulsating social circuit too, immediately apparent from the immaculate website, including tours ranging from Australia to Madrid and golf and cricket appreciation events too. Sponsorship is hard to come by and a lack of money can impact the level of play. Two years ago, the men’s 1st XV team triumphed with an
In provincial towns, where the clubhouse is the centre of the community, sponsorship is a very different issue undefeated season and made it into the London 1 league from which they were then immediately relegated this year. Offering no excuses, they admit to finding it hard to match the level of teams who have the financial backing to pay their players some £60 a game. Henry Tanner, a 1st-team winger who by day works as Press Officer to Vince Cable, explained to me: ‘It begs the question whether or not it’s fair for the few genuine amateur city clubs like ours to be playing paid teams. In provincial
towns, where the clubhouse is the centre of the community, sponsorship is a very different issue.’ As it stands, the men’s 1st XV team are mid-table and hoping to push for a play-off position to regain their league glory. The ladies, runners up in the national cup last season, have enjoyed a continual constant string of wins. They presently sit undefeated at the top of the National Challenge South East N1 league and boast six Middlesex county players. They are also aiming for promotion. Theirs will be into Championship 2, that’s two notches below the Premiership where things do get serious. Next year marks a decade of the existence of the club’s ladies’ wing which, as a conglomerate, was founded in 1978 by a group of teachers from Henry Compton School (which in fact closed this year and is now Fulham College Boys School). When Lucinda starts talking about her pending retirement, envisaging her early thirties, I am alarmed (owing to our proximal ages). But it is a mere reflection of professionalism. There’s no vets female team as of yet, as the girls are in their prime, although with the vigour of the young ladies evident this isn’t inconceivable for the future if they could just find some opposition as enthusiastic. And with the male vets ranging from aged thirty-five to sixty-three, there could be decades ahead of turning winter nights into blood-pumping, competitioncharged weekday highs. www.fulhamrugby.co.uk
art focus The cream of the crop of London’s art
Words: JIM HANLON
Another year, another Turner Braving The Turner Prize 2012 multimedia; sharp rhythmic editing, a percussive soundtrack, disparate images and juxtaposed text. There is a semblance of social history, eventually pulled together by the narrative of the calamitous fire. For Spatacus Chetwynd, the walls are plastered with crudely printed images referencing the cultural panoply from which she draws, including film, television, art history and literature. Incongruously lying on its side is a huge inflatable slide blocking people’s space. Restaged daily are key moments from Chetwynd’s ‘Odd Man Out’ s the most eminent platform (2011), which addresses ideas of for the discussion of democracy and the consequences contemporary British art, Each drawing, meticulously of decision making. This sounds this year’s Turner Prize rendered in graphite pencil, rather staid and academic but does what it says on the tin. The four has a starting point of in fact the performances of nominees are a draughtsman, two Chetwynd’s troop, dressed as film makers and a performance artist. someone’s name living tree-people have a daft, The exhibition space is subdivided in hilarious, energetic irreverence. a persuasive Laing suggesting emotions to an effort to stop all the auditory elements which hapless patients readily agree; leaving from impinging on each other; starting with Until 6 January an abiding feeling of intense schadenfreude. the still silent world of Paul Noble with his www.tate.org.uk This is Fowler’s third film exploring Laing’s ‘Nobson Newtown’ and concluding with career and legacy in a decade, a dedication the frenetic energy of Spartacus Chetwynd’s not always matched by the exhibition’s performance piece, ‘Odd Man Out’. visitors, who impatiently drift in and out of Paul Noble began his epic drawing the screening. project back in 1996 with the first in ‘The Woolworths Choir of 1979’ by the series, ‘Paul’s Palace’. Each drawing, Elizabeth Price plays in a viewing theatre meticulously rendered in graphite pencil, equally dark and slightly larger, if less has a starting point of someone’s name, formalised. This video installation brings mapped out like a building’s foundation, together clips of pop performances, then expanded in oblique projection to photographs of church architecture become an edifice in this imaginary town. and archive news footage of a fire in a The buildings are scattered with clusters Woolworths department store in 1979. of inanimate objects, suggesting someone’s The various elements blend together collection, which might somehow define using the familiar vocabulary of popular the home’s owner. In tune with the bleak humour of this work you might be tempted to call this the ‘Turder Prize’ since these The reviewer, Jim Hanlon, is a London-based artist: www.jimhanlon.co.uk townscapes are judiciously populated by l e f t: ‘ f u g iti ve mom ent’ by jim haN L O N giant turds or their sculpted equivalents. Part of the fascination of these huge and t o p : ‘ Pa ri s Un d e r g ro un d’ b y Spa rta cu s Ch e twy nd ( Sparta cu s Ch et wy n Po rt rait © Sparta cu s Ch et wy n, c o urte s y Sa di e Col e s H Q , L on d on) a b o v e : ‘ Villa Jo e ( Fr ont Vi ew) highly detailed drawings is the barren and 2 0 0 5 - 6 ’ b y Pa ul N obl e, ( P r i vat e Coll ec tion , c o u rt es y th e Gag os ian Gall ery) slightly sinister environments surrounding the buildings, particularly menacing in
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Villa Joe (Front View) of 2005-6, in which contorted rock formations bring to mind British art heavyweights Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. A series developed obsessively over two decades. Luke Fowler’s nominated film All Divided Selves (2011) screens for ninety minutes in a darkened little cinema space. As the title suggests, one of its subjects is schizophrenia and the controversial psychiatrist RD Laing. The use of archive material is a compelling ingredient, for instance, recorded clinical sessions show
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the classroom Key news and diary dates regarding your local schools
West London Free School set to relocate The West London Free School has finally been given the green light to move premises from Cambridge Grove to Palingswick House in King Street in Hammersmith. Both the house itself and ‘The Lodge’ in front of it will be fully refurbished to house 600 pupils aged eleven to sixteen, thanks to a decision made by Hammersmith and Fulham Council’s planning applications committee. Envisaged are twenty standard classrooms, six science laboratories, two art studios, two music rooms, a main hall, a library and rooms for administration facilities. Built in the mid-1800s, Palingswick House has been through a number of incarnations, including being used as a school for diabetic children and a community centre. No work will begin on the new site until the current buildings are photographed and a historical record has been made for the borough’s archives. The West London Free School opened in September 2011 and hopes to open its doors at the new King Street address in September 2013. Parents who are interested in applying for a place are invited to fill out the form on the school’s website at www.westlondonfreeschool.co.uk.
DIARY DATES
School
Date
Event
Eridge House Preparatory School
Friday 7 December
Carol Concert, All Saints Church, 2pm
Tuesday 11 December
Christmas lunch House Cup presentation
Godolphin and Latymer School
Tuesday 18 December
Christmas Lunch, 12.30pm Carol services: 5pm, 7pm
Hurlingham and Chelsea School
Wednesday 19 December
Christmas Concert, 7pm
Lady Margaret School
Wednesday 12 December
Carol Service, 6.30pm
Thursday 20 December
Christmas Carol Service, 7pm
Friday 21 December
School Christmas Carol Service
Thursday 22 November
Choral Concert, 7pm
Tuesday 11 December
Carol Service, 7pm
Monday 10 December
Christmas Lunch, 12midday
Wednesday 12 December
Christmas Gala, 7pm
Thursday 13 December
Christmas Gala, 7pm
The Moat School
A pioneering head for new school Fulham Boys School, London’s first free school for boys, has appointed its headmaster. Mr Alun Ebenezer, currently deputy head of St Teilo’s Church in Wales High School, will join FBS next year. In the interim he will be working closely alongside the school governors to recruit staff and develop the curriculum. FBS is due to open in September 2013. As a new school, the FBS is not part of the local authority co-ordinated admissions process this year and thus parents can still apply for a place for September 2013 via the school’s website. For more information visit www.fulhamboysschool.org.
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School carol concerts, galas, lunches and all-sorts this month
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Pupils at Hurlingham and Chelsea School are in for a treat in the run-up to Christmas. On Monday 3 December, students who have shown excellence in effort or achievement in sports will be specially selected by the school’s PE department to meet Paralympic athletes and participate in Paralympic activities at the Paralympics Sports Fest at Surrey Sports Park in Guildford. The British Paralympic Association is planning further free Sports Fests. To keep informed, register your school’s details at the BPA website: www.paralympics.org.uk/sportsfest.
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The perfect polish Where? The Chelsea Day Spa Boutique, Wandsworth Bridge Road What? Finishing touches for the all-important Christmas party
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wash and condition of my mane before t’s all too easy to get stuck in a beauty Daniela gets to work with the hairdryer. rut and as December wears on, looking She’s a dab-hand at wielding the diffuser and going-out ready at the drop of a bobble works her way around my head, adding that hat can get a tad repetitive. In an all-important body from crown to tip. As for attempt to resuscitate my own formulaic my hands, after a file and shape, my nails are messy up-do-and-go routine I pop over to soaked to soften the cuticles, before being The Chelsea Day Spa’s newest branch on moisturised and massaged. Finally, two layers Wandsworth Bridge Road to try a signature of a bold dark plum polish are swept onto party package of theirs – The Chelsea Day their clean and smooth surface. Not long Spa Blow Dry and a New York Manicure. after the top coat is applied, my hair is As the treatment tackles both tresses and sufficiently cooled to be released from talons in one fell swoop, it is a winning the bristle brushes holding each section combination for the time-pressed. in place. Once unravelled, it cascades My beauticians for the afternoon, to my shoulders in a pleasing bounce. Sharon on nails and Daniela on hair, make a great duo. Having worked together for the the duo’s natural patter adds to the cosy salon’s relaxed past twelve years, their natural patter adds to atmosphere as does their the cosy salon’s relaxed ease at working in perfect atmosphere as does synchronicity their ease at working in perfect synchronicity; as Daniela turned Daniela even offers to tidy-up my wonkily her attention to teasing knots out of my cut DIY fringe, which she spots is looking a shock of windswept hair and dexterously bit self-attacked. A good spritz of hairspray adding waves of volume to its stubbornly later and I’m ready to face the furious winds flat length, Sharon got to work filing down and drizzle outside. Now where were those my chipped nails. Not only does this save a Christmas drinks? good half an hour of precious time but I also 186 Wandsworth Bridge Road felt like I was receiving star treatment. 020 7731 8810 The whole process starts with a thorough www.thechelseadayspa.co.uk
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2. Prepare your under-themistletoe pucker Smooth out chapped, wind-ravaged lips with a coat of silky Eve Lom Kiss Mix (£16). It contains zinc oxide to comfort and repair and menthol to cool, and is as suitable for ladies as for gents. Space NK: 205 New Kings Road
3. Sprinkle on a sweet-smelling aura New Christmas; new fragrance. Consider the tuberose-laced, floral aroma of Narcotic Venus from Nasomatto (£108, 30ml) or the earthy wood notes of Black Amber (£125, 50ml), one of six unisex fragrances by Swedish brand Agonist. The Conran Shop: 81 Fulham Road
That was then Eric Ravilious was famed for his watercolours of pastoral scenes, particularly depicting his homeland of the South Downs in Sussex. He grew up in Eastbourne, and attended the Royal College of Art, where he was taught by Paul Nash, a painter who championed Modernism in British art. An official war artist, between 1931 and 1935 Ravilious lived with his wife Tirzah Garwood, also an artist, in the lower flat at 48 Upper Mall.
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ontemporary accounts of his personality refer to Ravilious’s ‘extraordinary, Panlike charm… [he] was a shy but very amusing person who from time to time came up with some most unexpected remarks. He always seemed to be slightly somewhere else, as if he lived a private life which did not completely coincide with material existence’. Even when employed as a war artist, an occupation that sometimes brought artists into conflict with officials, Ravilious seemed able to relate easily to the men of the RAF and the Navy whom he encountered while working at Chatham, Sheerness, Sawbridgeworth or Dundee. They admired his professionalism and his ability to concentrate on his work in trying conditions, even on HMS Highlander when it was under attack from German aeroplanes off Norway in 1940. The murals at Morley College for Working Men and Women in Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth, which Ravilious and [Edward] Bawden painted between 1928 and 1929, were the gift of the art dealer Sir Joseph Duveen. The 21-year-old Rex Whistler Refreshment Room murals at the Tate Gallery, also funded by Duveen, had been opened in 1926 to considerable acclaim. He offered to pay for another similar venture, although the rates of £1 per day were those for a skilled craftsman rather than a fine artist. Charles Aitken, director of the Tate (then called The National Gallery, Millbank) proposed Morley College as a suitable place. The selection of artists was strongly influenced by William Rothenstein as principal of the Royal College and when Bawden and Ravilious were chosen (along with their contemporary Cyril Mahoney who painted the back wall of the concert hall), he recommended that they should indulge in ‘fantasy’. Their site, the Refreshment Room, was located in the basement of a rear addition to a large Georgian house designed by the architects
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Lanchester and Lodge and completed early in 1927. Since there were three walls to paint (the fourth being mainly filled with windows), Bawden worked on the one extending 36ft without interruption from doorways, while Ravilious was responsible for the adjoining 30ft length, with a doorway off centre, as well as the opposite wall to Bawden’s containing two sets of doors. The two main walls were designed with platform-like constructions in shallow space, peopled by figures from Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, giving unity to the whole but allowing each artist to create separate walls of their own, while Ravilious turned the third into an openfronted dolls house with flying figures to either side. In 1930 Ravilious married Tirzah Garwood, who was a student at Eastbourne School of Art, where he had been teaching part-time. Despite his affairs, they stayed together until his death in 1942, aged only 39. The window of their flat in Hammersmith looked out on the Thames, and the young couple would hold bathing and boat-race parties. Moved by their admiration for Palmer, Bawden and Ravilious sought a place from which to explore the countryside for likely subjects, so rented rooms in and eventually took over Brick House in Great Bardfield. The two married couples began to decorate every wall: the parlour was painted as a cane bird-cage, with birds everywhere; the bedroom was decorated as a tent, striped and draped up to a centre point. Bawden later wrote that “those few years when we lived together were idyllic”. Extracts, in order, from ‘Eric Ravilious: Imagined Realities’ by Alan Powers; pp. 4, 11 and 12 (respectively), published by Philip Wilson 2003, reprinted 2012; and from an article by Paul Laity in the Guardian, 30 April 2011
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Local sporting fixtures Hammersmith and Fulham Rugby Club Ladies Team RECENT RESULTS Date
Opposition
Result
07/10/12
Newbury (Nat. Challenge South East N1)
W 15-14
21/10/12
Chelmsford (East N1 Nat. Challenge South)
W 36-5
28/10/12
Wellingborough (Nat. Challenge South East N1)
W 17-0
11/11/12
Chesham (Nat. Challenge South East N1)
W 31-0
Upcoming fixtures Date
Opposition
Location
02/12/12
Old Albanians (Friendly)
Home
09/12/12
Millwall (Friendly)
Home
Hammersmith and Fulham Rugby Club Men’s 1st XV Team RECENT RESULTS Date
Opposition
Result
10/11/12 Enfield Ignatians (cup)
W 30-0
17/11/12 Hampstead (London NW2)
L 33-29
24/11/12 Honourable Artillery Company (London NW2)
W 35-12
Upcoming fixtures Date
Opposition
Location
8/12/12
Grasshoppers(London NW2)
Away
15/12/12 Chiswick (London NW2)
Home
05/01/13 UCS Old Boys (London NW2)
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of Emery, his daughter Dorothy and their friends, visit www.emerywalker. org.uk. Equally wonderful is a visit to the home of William Morris at Kelmscott House, 26 Upper Mall, which is open to visitors (www.williammorrissociety.org.uk). Here you can still see, and use, the Kelmscott Press on a Saturday morning. School parties are very welcome. I saw the results of the press and they are first class. This month, I also paid a visit to the Head Office of l’Oréal and was amazingly impressed by the way that they look after their staff and clients. I have also paid a visit to see some of the Pearly Kings and Queens collecting huge sums of money for charity. I visited them at St Paul’s (the Actors’) Church in Covent Garden and was I have also paid a visit to see so impressed by some of the Pearly Kings and their dedication Queens collecting huge sums and lifelong commitment to of money for Charity charity. Last, but by no means least, I am Co and is full of personal mementoes of starting a French Club on 29 November Walker and his friends. There is even a box which contains a lock of hair snipped in the Parlour. If you are French or Belgian and would like to join, please do contact from Sir Emery after he died, plus me at belinda.donovan@lbhf.gov.uk. The something that resembles the ash from a Club is founded pipe and his glasses, alongside William by Philippe and Morris’ very well-known wallpapers and Bernadette and I fabrics in this sublime setting. know that it is going As Angela and I quietly slipped out to be a huge success. of the house and off to William Morris’ house just down the road, I still had Councillor Belinda the feeling that Sir Emery would return Donovan with his milk and put the kettle on for Mayor, coffee. To book up to see firsthand all Hammersmith & the wonderful treasures and hear more Fulham Council about the somewhat eccentric lifestyles his month I have been lucky enough to visit the homes of both William Morris and Emery Walker. Sir Emery Walker’s house at 7 Hammersmith Terrace is quite stunning; as soon as Angela Clarke, one of the trustees of the house, opened the door to show me around, I felt that she and I were intruding on a house where the owner had just stepped out to buy a pint of milk. It is a tall Georgian house on the River Thames. From 1903 to 1933 it was the home of Sir Emery, printer and collector, who inspired his great friend William Morris to set up the Kelmscott Press. The house is furnished with carpets, wallpapers and furniture from Morris &
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A German wood affair Ditch ideas of an even heavier carpet and think hard wooden floors strewed with mohair rugs if you really want a warm home this winter
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uring the winter, Germany is synonymous with Christmas markets, which seem to burst on the scene in and around London as much in Düsseldorf or Dresden. Visiting these twinkly havens of festive spirit to buy gifts and sup mulled wine is the perfect way to warm yourself up and arm yourself against the December cold. However, for Fulham residents there is another way of keeping warm during the winter months: it can be installed in your home, and it also comes from Germany. Contrary to the instinct that new floors should be laid in the summer to make the fitting process easier, wooden floors are an ideal renovation choice to make in winter because they help keep your home warm. They are not sensitive to underfloor heating and can thus be used safely in conjunction with it; they are also naturally warm underfoot, making them a preferable alternative to stone. Whilst carpet may be soft to walk on, it is high maintenance and needs to be replaced fairly regularly. Some opt for laminate wood flooring because they think it’s less maintenance than the real – parquet – thing. And yet parquet floors need only be wiped clean with a damp cloth for revival. You can choose to have them buffed and re-oiled every few years, too. With the most minimal care, wooden floors can genuinely last a lifetime. Bembé is a local German wooden-flooring company which has been in operation since 1780, supplying mansions, hotels and palaces as well as private homes. Back in 2007, Bembé Parkett on 315-317 New King’s Road opened its first London showroom in the borough. It may be a relatively new name in London but the company boasts over fifty offices throughout Germany and is a
respected household name. It’s your one-stop shop for everything parquet. The term ‘parquet’ comes from the French, ‘parqueterie’. Large diagonal squares known as ‘parquet de Versailles’ were knocking around in the 1600s, and vied with marble flooring that required constant washing, tending to create rotting problems. Today, and under Bembé’s guidance, the parquet possibilities are endless; they can be laid in several different ways; nailed, glued, fitted using the tongue-and-groove technique or set as a floating floor. Solid wood flooring competes with engineered alternatives that are less expensive but still provide a sturdy surface. The herringbone pattern is a perennial favourite, and can be seen in buildings as diverse as churches and night clubs. It says a lot for the quality and desirability of parquet flooring that it can be associated just as easily with ecclesiastical as with hedonistic establishments. If your home is filled with whites and beiges, go for a pale wood like acacia or birch; oak floors can also be warm. For more modern or minimalist interiors, a dark wood like smoked oak, American walnut or wengé will add depth. When next in Leicester Square pop into the new W Hotel in, where you can see examples of Bembé’s unusual end grain flooring. It is created by cutting tree trunks crosswise to the grain then laid vertically rather than horizontally, resulting in a very modern aesthetic. This type of flooring can withstand far greater pressure than ordinary wooden flooring, thus making it a perfect choice for hallways where there is likely to be a high volume of foot traffic passing through.
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PLANNING & development Urban development and changes to logistics
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Noise pollution from aircraft flying over Fulham is bothering seventy-five percent of residents according to a poll by Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council. The poll asks: ‘Has Heathrow Airport’s trial of relaxed runway rules affected you? For example, have you noticed more aircraft noise?’ Of the 1,151 people who have responded so far, 867 (seventy-five percent) voted yes and 284 (twenty-five concerns over aircraft noise have arisen after the start of BAA’s percent) voted no. The concerns over aircraft ‘Operational Freedoms’ trial noise have arisen after the start of BAA’s ‘Operational Freedoms’ trial, which allows the airport’s operator to use runways simultaneously under certain circumstances. If you wish to add your voice to the poll, simply visit www.lbhf.gov.uk to register your vote.
PLANNED ROAD WORKS & CLOSURES STREET
PLANNED WORK
DATES
WORKS OWNER
Askew Road to Curwen Road and down to Goldhawk Road
Footway maintenance
15 October2 February
Hammersmith And Fulham 020 8748 3020
Beadon Road (outside Hammersmith tube station at the junction with Hammersmith Broadway and at junction with Shepherds Bush Road
Refurbishment works for Hammersmith tube station
9 November3 March
Transport For London 0845 305 1234
Harwood Road
Connection work from junction of Harwood Road with Blake Gardens to junction of Harwood Road with Effie Road
14 November28 January
National Grid Gas plc 0845 605 6677
Broughton Road
Lay mains pipe from Broughton Road approach to 104 Broughton Road
12 November10 January
National Grid Gas plc 0845 605 6677
Chiswick Mall
Excavation to construct a new manhole chamber to house anti-flooding device
15 November5 December
Thames Water 0845 9200 800
Fulham High Street (and part of Rigault Road)
Highway improvements along the Fulham High Street corridor
1 October31 March
Hammersmith and Fulham 020 8748 3020
Fulham High Street
Ducts/pit installation and signal upgrade. Temporary traffic signal and lane closure. From outside 6 Church Gate to 214 New Kings Road
5 November7 December
Transport For London 0845 305 1234
Fulham Palace Road (between Guinness Trust Buildings Highway improvements including: traffic signals and Lillie Road junction and between Lillie Road and Atalanta upgrade, CCTV installation, road marking Street) changes, footway improvements and carriage resurfacing
22 October31 March
Hammersmith and Fulham 020 8748 3020
Great West Road
New piping works
29 September22 January
National Grid Gas plc 0845 605 6677
Imperial Road
New piping works
15 November4 January
National Grid Gas plc 0845 605 6677
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Up-and-coming Fulham offers more areas for homebuyers The Fulham riverfront is set to see even more residential development, with a riverside masterplan for a redesign of Whiffen Wharf, Hurlingham Wharf and Carnworth Road industrial estate. Following on from the successful redesign of Imperial Wharf, a former gas works, and Fulham Reach with its landscaped gardens and tree-lined paths, this masterplan will enable scores more homebuyers to choose chic modern property in the borough. Despite price hikes in recent years, there is still some margin between the average property prices of neighbouring Kensington and Chelsea. Jo Eccles from buying agency Sourcing Property confirms that Fulham property is typically £800 to £1,000 per square foot against £1,800 to £2,200 per square foot. As well as larger properties for families, Fulham is also seeing redevelopment of fashionable smaller apartments like Union Lofts and Chelsea Walk, ideal for singles, young couples or downsizing post-retirement buyers.
NEW TESCO AND 58 HOMES FOR FULHAM Fulham is to gain another branch of Tesco along with fifty-eight new homes at 84-90b Fulham High Street after the council approved plans by regeneration group Spenhill. The development has been described as ‘very sensitive’ because the location is highly visible and sits alongside several buildings of historic interest, including the UK’s largest Scheduled Ancient Monument, a listed former Temperance Hall and a residential mansion block. The proposed site has already had an earlier application for a new Tesco rejected, but these plans have finally been approved after lengthy consultations with both English Heritage and local residents.
Earls Court regeneration scheme given the go-ahead Hammersmith and Fulham’s planning applications committee has approved plans for the redevelopment of fiftyseven acres of land at West Kensington and Earls Court. This is set to be the biggest building project in London since Stratford was overhauled in time for the 2012 Olympics. The planning application has been based on Sir Terry Farrell’s masterplan, and will create thousands of new homes as well as job opportunities in the area. The revamped area, which includes Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Lillie Bridge, London Underground Depot and the West Kensington and Gibbs Green housing estates will provide shops, offices and leisure facilities as well as outside space. Hammersmith & Fulham Council Leader, Cllr Nicholas Botterill says: ‘Britain needs more homes and more jobs and this is just the kind of privately funded construction, on a brownfield site, that can lift the UK out of recession. Growth is the engine of economic opportunity and this country needs many more visionary projects like this.’
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New cycle and footbridge planned between Fulham and Battersea decades after proposal A planning application for a footbridge linking Fulham and Battersea has finally been submitted, eighty-eight years after the idea was first suggested. The bridge is being designed by architects One-world, and is set to take the shape of a ‘delicate white steel’ arch, eighteen metres high, that would connect Chelsea Harbour in Imperial Wharf and Lombard Road in Battersea. The plans are being hailed by One-world design as ‘a fitting legacy for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations and one which makes financial and common sense.’ The bridge will cost an estimated £22 million to build, but One-world is confident of attaining corporate sponsorship for the full amount, meaning that the bridge could be built at no cost to the taxpayer. The possibility of building such a bridge was first mentioned in the House of Commons in 1924, but it was not until 2003 when a feasibility study was conducted that the ball really got rolling on the plans. When the bridge is finished, it will mean that local residents will no longer have to contend with heavy traffic on Wandsworth or Battersea Bridges when crossing the river: news which was welcomed by residents on social media.
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the directory A compendium of the area’s key establishments
Estate Agents John D Wood & Co 287 New King’s Road 020 7717 5152
Marsh & Parsons 105 Moore Park Road 020 7736 9822
Belvoir! 632 Fulham Road 020 7736 2786
Knight Frank 203 New King’s Road 020 7751 2400
Savills 191 New King’s Road 020 7731 9400
Strutt & Parker 701 Fulham Road 020 7731 7100
Property Search Agent Penn Holmes London Ltd 55 Langthorne Street 07884 180480 07989 746499
Fashion Essam Guenedy 267 New King’s Road 020 7371 8010
Iceblu 24A New King’s Road 020 7371 9292
Zaeem Jamal ‘Luxury, hand-embroidered evening gowns decorated with radiant gem stones.’ 309 Kings Road 020 7100 2072
Marc Wallace 261 New King’s Road 020 7736 6795
Health & Beauty Barber
Crew Experience 911 Fulham Road 020 3010 1096
Dentist
The Fulham Dentist 9 Salisbury Pavement, Dawes Road 020 7385 8366
Doctors
The Fulham Medical Centre 446 Fulham Road 020 7385 6001
Boutique Clinic Vaheggi 205 Kings Road 020 7352 1113
Home Antiques
A&L Antiques 284 Lillie Road 020 7610 2694 Nimmo & Spooner 277 Lillie Road 020 7385 2724
Architects & Design Hogarth Architects Ltd 186 Dawes Road 020 7381 3409
Barroll Webber Architects Unit 8H Michael Road 020 7731 3094
Finishing Touches Artbeat (framer) 703 Fulham Road 020 7736 0337
Fitness Virgin Active ‘Gym with pool and spa, as well as club lounge.’ Fulham Pools, Normand Park Lillie Road 0845 270 9124 (enquiries) 020 7471 0450 (members)
Hair Salon
Gina Conway 612 Fulham Road 020 7731 7633
Spa
Amara Spa 18-20 Fulham High Street 020 7384 9111
Galleries
Stationer
Piers Feetham Gallery 475 Fulham Road 020 7381 3031
Perry’s 777 Fulham Road 020 7736 7225
Joanna Grigson Interior Design The Mews, Harwood Road 07803 008 514
Wood Flooring
Interior Design
Bembé UK Ltd ‘German craft since 1780.’ 315-317 New King’s Road 020 7371 9090
Cologne & Cotton (linen) 791 Fulham Road 020 7736 92
B Lowe 10 Atalanta Street 020 7381 9207
B&B
Boutique
Guest House
Luxury
Fulham Thames Walk B&B 91 Langthorne Street 020 7381 0198
La Reserve Hotel 422-428 Fulham Road 020 7385 8561
Fulham Guest House 55 Wandsworth Bridge Road 020 7731 1662
Millennium & Copthorne Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road 020 7565 1400
Hotels
Schools & Nurseries Chelsea Independent College 517-523 Fulham Road 020 7610 1114
Godolphin and Latymer School Iffley Road 020 8741 1936
Latymer Upper School 237 King Street 0845 638 5800
Sinclair House School 159 Munster Road 020 7736 9182
Eridge House Preparatory School 1 Fulham Park Road 020 7371 9009
Hurlingham and Chelsea School Peterborough Road 020 7731 2581
L’Ecole des Petits 2 Hazlebury Road 020 7371 8350
The London Oratory School Seagrave Road 020 7385 0102
Fulham Cross Girls’ School Munster Road 020 7381 0861
Kensington Prep School 596 Fulham Road 020 7731 9300
Millie’s House Nursery & Pre-School 163 New King’s Road 020 7731 0440
The Moat School Bishop’s Avenue 020 7610 9018
Fulham Prep School 200 Greyhound Road 020 7371 9911
Lady Margaret School Parsons Green 020 7736 7138
Parayhouse School New King’s Road 020 7751 0914
Thomas’s Fulham Hugon Road 020 7751 8200
Greengrocer
Restaurants
Pots & Co 133 Munster Road 020 7384 0133
Brasserie de l’auberge 268 Fulham Road 020 7352 1859
Food & Drink Bakery Well Bread ‘A family-run bakery with three fully qualified and professional chefs. Makers of bespoke cakes to-order in any size, including birthday and wedding cakes with any picture or shape.’ 383 North End Road 020 7385 7474
Kosmospol 138 Fulham Road 020 7373 6368
Cafés Drawing Room Café Fulham Palace, Bishop’s Avenue 020 7736 3233 Pottery Café 735 Fulham Road 020 7736 2157
Pubs The Rose Pub 1 Harwood Terrace 020 7731 1832
Fabrella Eating House 786 Fulham Road 0871 971 7654
The Rylston 197 Lilie Road 020 7381 0910
Mao Tai 58 New King’s Road 020 7731 2520
Bars
Confectioner
Kona Kai 515 Fulham Road 020 7385 9991
Demarquette 285 Fulham Road 020 7351 5467
The Hurlingham 360 Wandsworth Bridge Road 020 7610 9816
Vingt-Quatre 325 Fulham Road 020 7376 7224
Bookmaker
Cleaner
Motoring
Post Office
Ladbrokes Plc 344 North End Road 0800 022 3454
Vanston Dry Cleaning & Laundry 1 Vanston Place 020 7381 3609
Triangle Garage 2 Bishops Road 020 7385 1193
Fulham Road Post Office 815 Fulham Road 0845 722 3344
Charity
Florist
Newsagent
Printing
Cancer Research UK 350 North End Road 020 7381 8458
Town and County Flowers 131 Wandsworth Bridge 020 7736 4683
Filmer Newsagents 14 Filmer Road 020 7385 2953
Paramount Press Ltd 129 Munster Road 020 7731 0900
Childcare
Library
Pharmacy
Travel
Fulham Nannies 69 Stephendale Road 020 7736 8289
Fulham Library 598 Fulham Road 020 8753 3879
Palace Pharmacy 331 Fulham Palace Road 020 7736 3034
The Ultimate Travel Company 25-27 Vanston Place 020 7386 4646
Services
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1 A BEAUTIFUL NEWLY REFURBISHED HOME rostrevor road, sw6 Reception room ø family room ø kitchen dining room ø 5 bedrooms ø 3 shower/ bathrooms ø cloakroom ø garden ø 194 sq m (2,088 sq ft)
Savills Fulham Rosalind Watson rwatson@savills.com
020 7731 9400 Guide £2.15 million Freehold
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1 FIVE BEDROOM HOUSE NEAR BISHOPS PARK ellerby street, sw6 Double reception room ø family room ø kitchen/dining room ø master bedroom with en suite ø 3 further bedrooms ø 2 bathrooms ø guest cloakroom ø cellar ø garden ø 220 sq m (2,386 sq ft)
Offers in excess of £2.35 million Freehold
Savills Fulham Glynn Gibb ggibb@savills.com
020 7731 9414
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1 IMMACULATE FLAT IN A POPULAR RIVERSIDE DEVELOPMENT sailmakers court, william morris way, sw6 Open plan kitchen and reception room ø 3 bedrooms ø 3 bathrooms ø southerly aspect ø direct river views ø 24 hour concierge ø 128 sq m (1,376 sq ft)
Savills Fulham Sebastian Hipwood shipwood@savills.com
020 7731 9400 Guide £995,000 Leasehold
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1 STUNNINGLY REFURBISHED DETACHED FAMILY HOUSE the old school house, sw6 4 bedrooms ø 3 reception rooms ø kitchen/dining room ø 3 bathrooms ø garden ø 192 sq m (2,065 sq ft)
Savills Fulham Emma Kenwrick-Piercy ekpiercy@savills.com
020 8971 8111 £1,800 per week Unfurnished
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Maxwell Road SW6 £2,750,000 Located on the desirable Moore Park Estate, this exceptional property is beautifully presented throughout. The accommodation includes an elegant double reception room, an open-plan kitchen with a dining area and concertina doors leading out to a private walled garden, a further reception room, a wine cellar and a private garage. The upper two floors provide a superb master bedroom suite, four further double bedrooms (one en suite), a study and a bathroom. Freehold.
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Moore Park Road SW6 £2,595,000 Arranged over five floors, this impressive property is presented in excellent condition. The house comprises a dining area, fully integrated kitchen, utility room, cinema area, a beautiful drawing room and a separate study. The bedroom accommodation is arranged over three floors and includes a master bedroom with en suite bathroom, four further double bedrooms (one en suite) and an additional family bathroom. The house further benefits from a large, south facing garden. Freehold.
FULHAM: 020 7736 9822 sales.ful@marshandparsons.co.uk
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Napier Court SW6 £525,000 A beautifully presented penthouse apartment with incredible views over the London skyline. Presented in excellent condition throughout, this attractive apartment is positioned on the top floor of an exclusive building close to the Hurlingham Club. The well balanced accommodation includes a bright reception room leading out to a private roof terrace, a kitchen and a master bedroom with fitted cupboards and en suite shower room. Share of Freehold. Sole Agents.
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Parkview Court SW6 £750 per week This truly stunning penthouse apartment is finished to the highest specification. Superbly designed, the property features an Italian kitchen, a spacious, lateral open plan living area perfect for entertaining, three double bedrooms (one en suite) and two roof terraces overlooking the city skyline to the East and the green spaces of Bishop’s Park to the West. The property is fully alarmed and also benefits from secure parking and a porter.
FULHAM: 020 7736 9822 lets.ful@marshandparsons.co.uk
Knight Frank
Studdridge Street, Fulham SW6 A beautifully presented family house
A stylishly refurbished and beautifully presented house on the Peterborough Estate with a wonderful south facing garden, maintained to a very high standard and providing ideal family accommodation and entertaining space. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, reception room, kitchen/dining room, utility room, guest WC, garden. Approximately 212.7 sq m (2,290 sq ft) Freehold Guide price: ÂŁ2,395,000 (FLH120173)
KnightFrank.co.uk/Fulham fulham@knightfrank.com 020 7751 2400
Knight Frank Ringmer Avenue, Fulham SW6
Newly refurbished house A superbly converted and extended house in immaculate condition with air conditioning in principal rooms and a Nuvo sound system. Master bedroom suite, 5 further bedrooms, 2 shower rooms, 2 bathrooms, reception room, kitchen/breakfast room, media/family room, 2 guest WC’s, utility room, garden. Approximately 255.2 sq m (2,747 sq ft) Freehold Guide Price: £2,450,000
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fulham@knightfrank.com 020 7751 2400 (FLH120170)
Waterford Road, Fulham SW6
Lovely four bedroom house An immaculate four bedroom Victorian terrace house with a pretty 30ft garden, located on the Moore Park Estate. Master bedroom suite, 3 further bedrooms, shower room, reception room, kitchen/ breakfast room, garden. Approximately 146.4 sq m (1,576 sq ft) Freehold Guide Price: £1,700,000
KnightFrank.co.uk/Fulham fulham@knightfrank.com 020 7751 2400 (FLH120178)
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home comforts Weighing up the options concerning the best of local property on the market
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Consider purchasing one of Fulham’s few untouched Lions houses and rake in the profit
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trutt & Parker has a very exciting new property for sale at 63 Quarrendon Street. It is a true rarity; a traditional Lion house as built by Jimmy Nichols, still in its original form and completely unextended. The freehold is on the market for £1,995,000 and there is excellent potential for increasing the property’s value for the correct person
of Office at Strutt and Parker., Fulham. ‘The previous landlord was not making great returns off the property because they were an older owner and didn’t want to do the work.’ There is scope to add somewhere in the region of £1million to the property, according to Mr Campbell-Davys, by building a basement, adding a top floor and a so-called ‘pod room’. These are rooms built onto a rear extension, above The Lions houses are becoming the kitchen, increasingly sought after disguised by tiles and built into the by people from Chelsea roof. The trend started in around 2007 with the relaxation of willing to take on the challenge. Similar planning laws. properties sell in excess of £3million. The terraced house sits on one of four ‘The Lions houses are becoming prime road within the prestigious Peterborough increasingly sought after by people from Estate, moments from Parsons Green. It is Chelsea,’ says Ivor Campbell-Davys, Head
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surrounded by green spaces, near to South Park, Hurlingham Park and Eel Brook Common. The Hurlingham Club is closeby too. There are three bedrooms, two reception rooms, one bathroom and a garden measuring 17’10’’ by 18’1’’. Strutt & Parker LLP: 701 Fulham Road, 020 7731 7100 www.struttandparker.com/offices/ london-fulham
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Chelsea Fulham & Parsons Green Kensington & Holland Park Knightsbridge, Belgravia & Mayfair Notting Hill & Bayswater West Chelsea & South Kensington
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St. Maur Road | Fulham | SW6
Horder Road | Fulham | SW6
2,217 sq ft (206 sq m)
1,170 sq ft (109 sq m)
A fantastic five bedroom house with excellent entertaining space, situated on a highly desirable residential street.
A charming, neutrally decorated, three bedroom house in the heart of the Munster village.
Double reception room | Kitchen/breakfast room | Five bedrooms | Three bath/shower rooms | Cloakroom | Roof terrace | Garden
Reception room | Kitchen | Three bedrooms | Two bathrooms | Garden /off-street parking
£1,450 per week Unfurnished
£595 per week Unfurnished
Fulham Lettings 020 7731 7100
Fulham Lettings 020 7731 7100
Harbord Street | Fulham | SW6
Lalor Street | Fulham | SW6
1,769 sq ft (164 sq m)
2,002 sq ft (186 sq m)
An excellent four bedroom house with a 71 ft south facing garden, swimming pool and a rare full top floor.
An impressive family house on this cul de sac moments from Bishops Park and a short walk from Putney Bridge.
Drawing room | Kitchen/dining room | Four bedrooms | Two bathrooms Drawing room | Kitchen/dining room | Five bedrooms (two en suite) | Further bathroom | Cloakroom | Garden | WC | 66 ft south facing garden | Swimming pool
Asking price £1,395,000 Freehold
Asking price £1,475,000 Freehold
Fulham 020 7731 7100
Fulham 020 7731 7100
Novello Street | Fulham | SW6
Fulham Park Gardens | Fulham | SW6
1,365 sq ft (127 sq m)
1,733 sq ft (161 sq m)
A charming and neutrally decorated, four double bedroom family house.
A very well presented family house on a highly regarded residential street with the benefit of a garage.
Reception room | Kitchen/dining room | Four bedrooms | Two bathrooms | Garden
Reception room | Kitchen/dining room | Four double bedrooms | Bathroom | Shower room | Studio | Garage | Roof terrace | Garden
£775 per week Unfurnished
£1,250 per week Unfurnished
Fulham Lettings 020 7731 7100
Fulham Lettings 020 7731 7100
Parsons Green Lane | Fulham | SW6
Chaldon Road | Fulham | SW6
2,088 sq ft (194 sq m)
1,916 sq ft (178 sq m)
An impressive four bedroom house moments from Parsons Green.
An excellent, beautifully presented and fully extended house, ft and benefitting from a south facing garden.
Hall | Drawing room | Family room | Sitting room | Kitchen/dining room | Four bedrooms (one en suite) | Two shower rooms | Garden
Drawing room | Kitchen/dining and sitting room | Five bedrooms | Three bathrooms | Utility room | WC | 24 ft Garden
Asking price £1,695,000 Freehold
Asking price £1,250,000 Freehold
Fulham 020 7731 7100
Fulham 020 7731 7100
Chelsea Fulham & Parsons Green Kensington & Holland Park Knightsbridge, Belgravia & Mayfair Notting Hill & Bayswater West Chelsea & South Kensington
Sales 020 7225 3866 Sales 020 7731 7100 Sales 020 7938 3666 Sales 020 7235 9959 Sales 020 7221 1111 Sales 020 7373 1010
Lettings 020 7589 9966 Lettings 020 7731 7100 Lettings 020 7938 3866 Lettings 020 7235 9959 Lettings 020 7221 1111 Lettings 020 7373 1010
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Dolphin House | Fulham | SW6
Dolphin House | Fulham | SW6
1,163 sq ft (108 sq m)
1,873 sq ft (174 sq m)
An absolutely fabulous two bedroom flat in one of the principal buildings making up Imperial Wharf
Arguably one of the most prime riverside apartments to come to the market within this impressive development.
Reception room | Master bedroom with en suite shower room and dressing area | Second bedroom | Bathroom | Patio | Porterage | Security | Underground parking
Hall | Kitchen/breakfast room | Drawing room | Master bedroom with en suite bathroom | Further en suite bedroom | Third bedroom | Bathroom | Two balconies | Gardens | Porterage and security | Parking
Asking price £1,500,000 leasehold
Asking price £2,950,000 Leasehold
Fulham 020 7731 7100
Fulham 020 7731 7100
Cortayne Road | Fulham | SW6
Quarrendon Street | Fulham | SW6
2,476 sq ft (230 sq m)
1,905 sq ft (177 q m)
A unique chance to purchase a be-spoke, architect designed An unextended house on this prime road within the family house on one of the most popular roads in Fulham. Peterborough Estate, moments from Parsons Green. Reception room | Kitchen/dining room | Family room | Five bedrooms | Three bath/shower rooms | Garden
Drawing room | Kitchen/dining room | Three bedrooms | Bathroom | Cloakroom | Storage | Garden | Potential to dramatically extend
Asking price £2,350,000 Freehold
Asking price £1,995,000 Freehold
Fulham 020 7731 7100
Fulham 020 7731 7100
Where will we find your perfect buyer? At Strutt & Parker, we’ve always gone to great lengths to bring the right buyer to your door, using our knowledge, contacts and total commitment to achieve the sale you want. But now we go further than ever. As partners in the Christie’s International Real Estate network, we can reach quality buyers in 42 countries via 1,049 offices and a website visited 135,600 a month. There’s no better way to open your door to the world. struttandparker.com/christies 66 Sloane Street, London SW1X 9SH 020 7235 9959 knightsbridge@struttandparker.com
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