PROPERTY PRICES
- THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS LONDON PROPERTIES SOLD OR AVAILABLE FOR
SALE IN RECENT TIMES
Toprak Mansions
Price: £50 million ($88.5 million)
Location: The Bishops Avenue, Hampstead, LONDON
Toprak Mansion, built by Turkish entrepreneur Halis Toprak,
and laid along the millionaire's row of Bishops Avenue, is in
one of the most sought after addresses in North LONDON and covers
two acres of landscaped gardens. The grand entrance to the 28,000-square-foot
house has a double staircase and a glass elevator. There is also
an indoor leisure complex that has a swimming pool with a glass
bridge, sauna and not surprisingly a Turkish bath that seats 20.
Witanhurst
Price: £32 million ($57 million)
Location: 41 Highgate West Hill, Hampstead, LONDON
This protected neo-Georgian mansion is one of the largest
in LONDON after Buckingham Palace and encompasses nearly 40,000
square feet of living space. The Queen Anne-style house has 25
bedrooms and 12 bathrooms and is set within 5.5 acres, which includes
three gatehouses and a number of gardens. Witanhurst was built
between 1913 and 1920 for soap magnate and member of Parliament,
Sir Arthur Crossfield, although one wing in the house dates from
the 1700s. Neighbors include Sting and George Michael.
Old Swan House
Price: £32 million ($57 million)
Location: 17 Chelsea Embankment, LONDON
Old Swan House is one
of the largest houses in Chelsea. It was designed by the renowned
Victorian architect Norman Shaw in 1875, and it continues to have
commanding views over the River Thames towards Battersea Park
from its second floor ballroom. A Grade II-listed house--which
means it must be preserved by British law--this 19,000-square-foot
home still has its brick exterior intact, as well as five principal
bedrooms and 11 staff bedrooms, a dining room that seats 20, private
terraces, a swimming pool complex with sauna and showers, a passenger
lift, air conditioning, state-of-the-art security and hi-fi systems.
Do not forget the cinema and parking for five cars.
Debenham House
Price: £29 million ($51 million)
Location: 8 Addison Road, Holland Park, LONDON
Debenham House is a 22,000-square-foot
property that is listed as Grade I, which means it is in the U.K.'s
statutory list of buildings of special architectural interest.
Built in 1906 and designed by Halsy Ricardo, this house is a mixture
of the Arts and Crafts movement, neo-classical and Byzantine styles.
Glazed tiles are used extensively inside this ten-bedroom, five-bathroom
house. Some depict peacocks, eagles, flowers, galleons and mythical
beasts. Many may have come from an assignment originally commissioned
for the Russian czar's yacht Livadia, built in the 1870's. In
addition, there is a covered walkway from the road, a front garden
laid out in a formal Dutch style and an Orangery in the back garden,
where there is also a croquet lawn and a coach house with two-bedroom
suites. But it's not lacking in modern amenities: a swimming pool,
Jacuzzi, sauna, gym and billiards room can all be found on the
property.
17 Upper Phillimore Gardens
Price: £25 million ($44 million)
Location: Kensington, LONDON
The property was used
by the Kensington Preparatory School for Girls from 1941 until
1997. After extensive renovation, it is now a detached property
with bags of character. This nine-bedroom, seven-bathroom house
covers more than 18,000 square feet over five floors, with two
dining rooms. There is even an eight-person passenger lift, indoor
swimming pool, gym, sauna and steam room, while all lighting in
the house is computerized. An underground tunnel connects the
house to the three-vehicle garage, and outside there is a Japanese-inspired
garden with a waterfall. The house is part of the Phillimore Estate,
situated within the Kensington Conservation Area--an architecturally
preserved, historical LONDON suburb.
Carlton House
Price: £17 million ($30 million)
Location: Bishops Avenue, Highgate, LONDON
This new, 15,000-square-foot
house on a half-acre features a 50-foot long ballroom, catering
kitchen fitted out for banquets, cherrywood-paneled library and
gentleman's study. This property has nine bedroom suites, all
with Italian marble bathrooms, a sweeping oval staircase rising
through three floors and a wood-paneled lift that takes six.
The leisure complex has
a heated mosaic swimming pool, sauna, gym and a 12-person Turkish
bath, which was modeled on the one in Toprak Mansions. And, like
Thunderbirds, there is a vehicle lift that takes your car from
the forecourt into the four-vehicle garage below.
16 Mansfield Street
Price: £15.5 million ($27 million)
Location: Near Cavendish Square, Central LONDON
It is described as a "palatial residence for Europe's royalty
and nobility." Mansfield Street was designed and built in 1770
by one of the most renowned architects of the time--Robert Adam--for
the Duke of Portland. There are only a few of Adam's palatial residences
remaining in LONDON, of which 16 Mansfield Street is one of the
best. The nine-bedroom, seven-bathroom property on five floors comes
with electrically heated marble floors, panic buttons on every level,
a gold vault and a marbled courtyard.
Hanover House
Price: £15 million ($26 million)
Location: Shepley, Drive, Wentworth Estate, Berkshire
Located near Ascot and
bordering the 14th fairway of Wentworth course, Hanover House
is a 2.3-acre property that was finished in 2003 and has yet to
be occupied. Inside the 17,000-square-foot house are five bedroom
suites including a second-floor penthouse. The home has under-floor
heating, air conditioning, high-specification security and a ten-line
telephone system with 17 extensions. The property also hosts an
indoor swimming pool with Jacuzzi, steam shower and sauna, floodlit
tennis court and landscaped gardens.
14 Charles Street
Price: £15 million ($26 million)
Location: Mayfair, LONDON
A newly restored Mayfair
mansion, right in the heart of central LONDON, comes with a sense
of grandeur--check out the double-height, galleried reception
room with chandelier. This four-bedroom suite house covering 11,000
square feet has an impressive open staircase as well as a Mews
House out back with three further bedroom suites. The house also
comes with a 45-foot swimming pool and double garage. It also
comes with a laid out 50-foot formal garden.
28 Cadogan Square
Price: £14 million ($25 million)
Location: Knightsbridge, LONDON
This listed family house
in one of the best residential areas in central LONDON was designed
by the well-known Victorian architect George Devey in 1886 for
the Earl of Cadogan. It sits on the west side of this central
LONDON garden square with a mews house behind. In the 1950s, the
house was severely modernized inside to create more space and
a lighter feel. It now has nine bedrooms, four bathrooms, a roof
terrace, patio garden and lift. The house had been passed down
by descent, although when the present earl inherited the title
and the estate, he remained in his Chelsea house. The Cadogan
Estate office occupied the building, but they moved out in 1996,
and the house was put up for sale. The property sits on the picturesque
Cadogan Square, which has a communal two-acre garden incorporating
a tennis court.
68 Cadogan Place
Price: £12 million ($21 million)
Location: Knightsbridge, Central LONDON
This imposing 11-bedroom
home also comes with its own Mews house. Mews houses were originally
used for the horses and coachmen. It can now be used as a staff
quarters. The Grade II-listed property has state-of-the-art technology
with music systems integrated into the principal rooms. There's
a swimming pool, gym and steam room, as well as extensive gardens
behind. The house is also a few minutes walk from some of LONDON's
best amenities--Harvey Nichols, Harrods, Sloane Square for shopping,
restaurants in Knightsbridge and nightlife on Kings Road.
THE LEADING PRIVATE
SCHOOLS IN LONDON
Portland Place School
Tel: 020 7307 8700
56-58 Portland Place, London, W1B 1NJ
Queen's College Preparatory School
Tel: 020 7291 0660
61 Portland Place, London, W1B 1QP
Southbank International School
Tel: 020 7436 9699
63-65 Portland Place, London, W1B 1QR
Gabbitas Educational Consultants Ltd
Tel: 020 7734 0161
Carrington House, 126-130 Regent Street, London, W1B 5EE
Campbell Harris Tutors
Tel: 020 7937 0032
185 Kensington High Street, London, W8 6SH
Heathfield House School
Tel: 020 8994 3385
Turnham Green, Heathfield Gardens, Church Hall, London, W4 4JU
Ravenscourt Park Preparatory School
Tel: 020 8846 9153
16 Ravenscourt Avenue, London, W6 0SL
The Lloyd Williamson School
Tel: 020 8962 0345
12 Telford Road, London, W10 5SH
The Falcons School For Boys
Tel: 020 8747 8393
2 Burnaby Gardens, London, W4 3DT
Ecole Francaise Jacques Prevert
Tel: 020 7602 6871
59 Brook Green, London, W6 7BE
The King Fahad Academy
Tel: 020 8832 9040
Little Ealing Lane, London, W5 4EJ
Greek School Of London
Tel: 020 8992 6156
3 Pierrepoint Road, London, W3 9JR
Aston House School
Tel: 020 8997 3209
10 Montpelier Road, London, W5 2QP
Durston House Junior School
Tel: 020 8991 6450
26 Castlebar Road , London, W5 2DP
Durston House School
Tel: 020 8991 6530
Main School, 12-14 Castlebar Road, London, W5 2DR
St Augustine's Priory
Tel: 020 8997 2022
Hillcrest Road, London, W5 2JL
Harvington School
Tel: 020 8997 1583
20 Castlebar Road, London, W5 2DS
Avenue House School
Tel: 020 8998 9981
70 The Avenue, London, W13 8LS
Emerson House
Tel: 020 8741 4554
40 Redmore Road, London, W6 0HZ
Latymer Prep School
Tel: 020 8748 0303
36 Upper Mall, London, W6 9TA
Bassett House School
Tel: 020 8969 0313
60 Bassett Road, London, W10 6JP
St Jame's Independent School
Tel: 020 7348 1700
Earsby Street, London, W14 8SH
Barbara Speake Stage School
Tel: 020 8743 6096
East Acton Lane, London, W3 7EG
Ladbroke Square Montessori School
Tel: 020 7229 0125
43 Ladbroke Square, London, W11 3ND
Latymer Upper School
Tel: 020 8741 1851
237 King Street, Hammersmith, London, W6 9LR
The Spanish School
Tel: 020 8968 8718
317a Portobello Road, London, W10 5SY
The King Fahad Academy
Tel: 020 8743 0131
East Acton Lane, London, W3 7HD
The Falcons Schools For Girls
Tel: 020 8992 5189
15 Gunnersbury Avenue, London, W5 3XD
Norland Place School
Tel: 020 7603 9103
162 Holland Park Avenue, London, W11 4UH
Orchard House School
Tel: 020 8742 8544
16 Newton Grove, London, W4 1LB
The Arts Educational School
Tel: 020 8987 6666
14 Bath Road, London, W4 1LY
Acton Yochien
Tel: 020 8896 9696
Sports Pavilion, Queens Drive, London, W3 0HT
Southbank International School
Tel: 020 7229 8230
36-38 Kensington Park Road, London, W11 3BU
Pembridge Hall School For Girls
Tel: 020 7229 0121
18 Pembridge Square, London, W2 4EH
Ealing Independent College
Tel: 020 8579 6668
83 New Broadway, London, W5 5AL
Escape Studios
Tel: 020 7348 1920
Shepherds Building, Rockley Road, London, W14 0DA
Instituto Espanol
Tel: 020 8969 2664
317a Portobello Road, London, W10 5SZ
Chiswick & Bedford Park Preparatory School
Tel: 020 8994 1804
Priory House, Priory Avenue, London, W4 1TX
Hampshire School
Tel: 020 7229 7065
Kensington Gardens, 9 Queensborough Terrace, London, W2 3TB
St Pauls Girls School
Tel: 020 7603 2288
Brook Green, London, W6 7BS
Connaught House School
Tel: 020 7262 8830
47 Connaught Square, London, W2 2HL
Aston House School
Tel: 020 8566 7300
1 Aston Road , London, W5 2RL
The Japanese School Ltd
Tel: 020 8993 7145
87 Creffield Road, London, W3 9PU
The Lloyd Williamson School
Tel: 020 7243 3331
112 Palace Gardens Terrace, London, W8 4RT
St Benedict's Junior School
Tel: 020 8862 2050
5 Montpelier Avenue, London, W5 2XP
Notting Hill & Ealing High School
Tel: 020 8799 8400
2 Cleveland Road, London, W13 8AX
Tabernacle School
Tel: 020 7602 6232
St. Anns Villas, London, W11 4RS
Bute House Preparatory School
Tel: 020 7603 7381
Bute House, Luxemburg Gardens, London, W6 7EA
King Street College
Tel: 020 8748 0971
4 Hammersmith Broadway, London, W6 7AL
St Benedict's School
Tel: 020 8862 2000
54 Eaton Rise, London, W5 2ES
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