Tag: family home

  • Sculpting a Residence

    Sculpting a Residence

    Former residence of sculptor with Liz Hurley as a neighbour for sale in Chelsea

     

    The self-described ‘actress’ and diva Liz Hurley is probably the most famous ‘name’ living in cherry tree lined Redcliffe Road, SW10 but a slightly more talented former resident was a sculptor named Alice Lindley-Millican (married in 1917, died November 1930). Her former home, one of just four houses built as artist’s studios in the street, is now for sale.

     

    Sculpting a Residence – Redcliffe Road, London, SW10 9NQ – £5.45 million ($6.6 million or €6.1 million) – Strutt & Parker – Former home and studio of sculptor Alice Lindley-Millican
    Liz Hurley in the street with her then partner Shane Warne

     

    Presented today as a family home and completely reconfigured, the 3,322 square foot freehold residence became home to Mrs Albert Millican – as she was widely referred to – circa 1915. It has accommodation over four floors complete with a dramatic curved staircase between the ground and lower ground floors and 3 reception rooms, 4 bedrooms – including one with a vast window that would also make it suited to be used as an artist’s studio still –and 3 bathrooms. A conservatory breakfast room leads onto a cleverly designed landscaped garden whilst the selling agents, Strutt & Parker, remark that “this [is a] much loved family home offering exceptional entertaining space”.

     

    Given the house is priced at £5.45 million ($6.6 million or €6.1 million) it is most certainly out of the realms of most artists.

     

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  • Religious Pigeons

    Religious Pigeons

    Grade II* listed North Yorkshire hall for sale; it comes with a converted chapel and a converted pigeon loft

     

    £925,000 ($1.14 million or €1.03 million) will barely buy a broom cupboard in Kensington and Chelsea, but for the same sum a 3,893 square foot Grade II* listed medieval hall in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

     

    Standing on a plot of 2½ acres, Kilnsey Old Hall in the picturesque village of Kilnsey, near Grassington was built as an administrative centre for the Cistercian Monks of Fountains Abbey. It was from here that they managed their grazing land and all flocks of sheep were driven to Kilnsey for their annual shearing. In 1648, the majority of the current hall was built by Christopher Wade, a relative of Armagil Wade, an adventurer who was known as the ‘Columbus of the North’. It has now been restored and certainly makes for a charming family home.

     

    In addition to there being four bedrooms in the main house, Kilnsey Old Hall comes with a former pigeon loft on the third floor and a former chapel that was converted into a stable and hayloft and now a one bedroom cottage. This has been used as a holiday let and is described as “bringing in a useful source of income”.

     

    The joint selling agents for the property are Carter Jonas and Harrison Boothman.

     

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  • One family from new

    One family from new

    Grade I listed house in Northern Ireland offered for sale for the first time since it was built in 1620 (more…)

  • Modern Millicent

    Modern Millicent

    Modern Georgian style country house for sale for £19.5 million – complete with bowling alley and ‘Indian room’ with LED ‘night sky’ ceiling (more…)

  • Bunking down

    Bunking down

    Converted Cold War nuclear bunker on the edge of London for sale for £3.5 million (more…)

  • Travels with du Maurier

    Travels with du Maurier

    Travelex founder puts the childhood home where Daphne du Maurier allegedly conducted two of her most illicit relationships on the market for £32 million (more…)

  • Stabling Frankie

    Stabling Frankie

    Frankie Dettori puts his Voysey designed country house up for sale

     

    Champion jockey Frankie Dettori is best known for his “flying dismounts” and for having won seven out of seven races at Ascot in 1996. He currently lives at Stetchworth on the Cambridgeshire-Suffolk border near Newmarket but is now selling his home there. (more…)

  • The house that time forgot

    The house that time forgot

    House where items lay untouched for 100 years remains on the market for over a year

     

    The Hermitage in Hexham, Northumberland is a “small stately home” that truly is a time warp. Rented by the Morant family for nearly 100 years, this Grade II* listed, 14 bedroomed mansion was barely touched during that period. (more…)

  • The house of fun

    The house of fun

    A coastal estate complete with its own private cove comes to the market for £7.5 million

     

    Described by the selling agents as a “private coastal estate with fun as its mantra”, Redlap House near Dartmouth in Devon is situated in a 30-acre frost free valley that runs down to the sea. (more…)

  • ‘Glossie Possie’ goes east

    ‘Glossie Possie’ goes east

    Anmer Hall in Norfolk all but confirmed as future home of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

     

    For months now there has been speculation as to whether Anmer Hall, a Georgian property on The Queen’s Sandringham estate, will become a future country home for The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their son, Prince George. Today, such a move has all but been confirmed. (more…)