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  • High & Low

    High & Low

    “Penthouse to rival any other penthouse in the world” in converted brewery next to Tower Bridge for sale for £12.5 million

     

    Described as “a penthouse to rival any other penthouse in the world” despite its somewhat pedestrian decoration, a £12.5 million ($15.7 million, €14.7 million or درهم57.6 million) five floor apartment next to Tower Bridge is currently for sale.

     

    Situated within the former Anchor Brewhouse, a building that formerly housed the Courage Brewery, ‘The High Command’ penthouse includes 4,286 square foot of internal space and 1,203 square foot of terraces. It has a private internal lift and as well as featuring 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, comes with a gazebo, a domed rotunda with a gallery, 6 terraces and 4 private parking spaces.

     

    On the market periodically since February 2015 with Knight Frank and Cluttons, ‘The High Command’ enjoys views across the City of London to the north and Canary Wharf to the east.

     

    High & Low – The High Command Penthouse and The Riverside, Anchor Brewhouse, Malt Mill, 50 Shad Thames, London, SE1 2LY – The High Command: £12.5 million ($15.7 million, €14.7 million or درهم57.6 million) through Knight Frank and Cluttons – The Riverside: £6 million ($7.5 million, €7.1 million or درهم27.6 million) through Knight Frank
    ‘The High Command’ is described as being “designed to picture frame’ the various aspects of Tower Bridge”
    High & Low – The High Command Penthouse and The Riverside, Anchor Brewhouse, Malt Mill, 50 Shad Thames, London, SE1 2LY – The High Command: £12.5 million ($15.7 million, €14.7 million or درهم57.6 million) through Knight Frank and Cluttons – The Riverside: £6 million ($7.5 million, €7.1 million or درهم27.6 million) through Knight Frank
    The building at night with ‘The High Command’ highlighted
    High & Low – The High Command Penthouse and The Riverside, Anchor Brewhouse, Malt Mill, 50 Shad Thames, London, SE1 2LY – The High Command: £12.5 million ($15.7 million, €14.7 million or درهم57.6 million) through Knight Frank and Cluttons – The Riverside: £6 million ($7.5 million, €7.1 million or درهم27.6 million) through Knight Frank
    ‘The Riverside’ is situated on the ground and basement levels of the building and is offered for £6 million

     

    Buyers with a slightly more limited budget have the option of purchasing a ground and basement flat in the building. ‘The Riverside’, a 3-bedroom apartment, is offered for £6 million ($7.5 million, €7.1 million or درهم27.6 million) by Knight Frank.

     

    High & Low – The High Command Penthouse and The Riverside, Anchor Brewhouse, Malt Mill, 50 Shad Thames, London, SE1 2LY – The High Command: £12.5 million ($15.7 million, €14.7 million or درهم57.6 million) through Knight Frank and Cluttons – The Riverside: £6 million ($7.5 million, €7.1 million or درهم27.6 million) through Knight FrankHigh & Low – The High Command Penthouse and The Riverside, Anchor Brewhouse, Malt Mill, 50 Shad Thames, London, SE1 2LY – The High Command: £12.5 million ($15.7 million, €14.7 million or درهم57.6 million) through Knight Frank and Cluttons – The Riverside: £6 million ($7.5 million, €7.1 million or درهم27.6 million) through Knight FrankHigh & Low – The High Command Penthouse and The Riverside, Anchor Brewhouse, Malt Mill, 50 Shad Thames, London, SE1 2LY – The High Command: £12.5 million ($15.7 million, €14.7 million or درهم57.6 million) through Knight Frank and Cluttons – The Riverside: £6 million ($7.5 million, €7.1 million or درهم27.6 million) through Knight FrankHigh & Low – The High Command Penthouse and The Riverside, Anchor Brewhouse, Malt Mill, 50 Shad Thames, London, SE1 2LY – The High Command: £12.5 million ($15.7 million, €14.7 million or درهم57.6 million) through Knight Frank and Cluttons – The Riverside: £6 million ($7.5 million, €7.1 million or درهم27.6 million) through Knight FrankHigh & Low – The High Command Penthouse and The Riverside, Anchor Brewhouse, Malt Mill, 50 Shad Thames, London, SE1 2LY – The High Command: £12.5 million ($15.7 million, €14.7 million or درهم57.6 million) through Knight Frank and Cluttons – The Riverside: £6 million ($7.5 million, €7.1 million or درهم27.6 million) through Knight Frank High & Low – The High Command Penthouse and The Riverside, Anchor Brewhouse, Malt Mill, 50 Shad Thames, London, SE1 2LY – The High Command: £12.5 million ($15.7 million, €14.7 million or درهم57.6 million) through Knight Frank and Cluttons – The Riverside: £6 million ($7.5 million, €7.1 million or درهم27.6 million) through Knight Frank High & Low – The High Command Penthouse and The Riverside, Anchor Brewhouse, Malt Mill, 50 Shad Thames, London, SE1 2LY – The High Command: £12.5 million ($15.7 million, €14.7 million or درهم57.6 million) through Knight Frank and Cluttons – The Riverside: £6 million ($7.5 million, €7.1 million or درهم27.6 million) through Knight Frank High & Low – The High Command Penthouse and The Riverside, Anchor Brewhouse, Malt Mill, 50 Shad Thames, London, SE1 2LY – The High Command: £12.5 million ($15.7 million, €14.7 million or درهم57.6 million) through Knight Frank and Cluttons – The Riverside: £6 million ($7.5 million, €7.1 million or درهم27.6 million) through Knight FrankHigh & Low – The High Command Penthouse and The Riverside, Anchor Brewhouse, Malt Mill, 50 Shad Thames, London, SE1 2LY – The High Command: £12.5 million ($15.7 million, €14.7 million or درهم57.6 million) through Knight Frank and Cluttons – The Riverside: £6 million ($7.5 million, €7.1 million or درهم27.6 million) through Knight FrankHigh & Low – The High Command Penthouse and The Riverside, Anchor Brewhouse, Malt Mill, 50 Shad Thames, London, SE1 2LY – The High Command: £12.5 million ($15.7 million, €14.7 million or درهم57.6 million) through Knight Frank and Cluttons – The Riverside: £6 million ($7.5 million, €7.1 million or درهم27.6 million) through Knight FrankHigh & Low – The High Command Penthouse and The Riverside, Anchor Brewhouse, Malt Mill, 50 Shad Thames, London, SE1 2LY – The High Command: £12.5 million ($15.7 million, €14.7 million or درهم57.6 million) through Knight Frank and Cluttons – The Riverside: £6 million ($7.5 million, €7.1 million or درهم27.6 million) through Knight FrankHigh & Low – The High Command Penthouse and The Riverside, Anchor Brewhouse, Malt Mill, 50 Shad Thames, London, SE1 2LY – The High Command: £12.5 million ($15.7 million, €14.7 million or درهم57.6 million) through Knight Frank and Cluttons – The Riverside: £6 million ($7.5 million, €7.1 million or درهم27.6 million) through Knight Frank High & Low – The High Command Penthouse and The Riverside, Anchor Brewhouse, Malt Mill, 50 Shad Thames, London, SE1 2LY – The High Command: £12.5 million ($15.7 million, €14.7 million or درهم57.6 million) through Knight Frank and Cluttons – The Riverside: £6 million ($7.5 million, €7.1 million or درهم27.6 million) through Knight Frank

  • Gone is the Garage

    Gone is the Garage

    Purpose-built Upper East Side, NYC Beaux Arts garage reduced in price by 41%; it will still cost around £40 million to buy and turn into a vast single family residence

     

    Purpose built in 1906 to house the cars of wealthy (but not quite so wealthy enough to have their own carriage houses) Upper Eastsiders, 177 – 179 East 73rd Street in New York is a five-storey Beaux Arts structure that is described as “unusually sophisticated”.

     

    Reduced from a completely unrealistic £39.8 million ($50 million, €47 million or درهم183.6 million) when first marketed in 2015 to £23.5 million ($29.5 million, €27.7 million or درهم108.4 million) today, estimates put the cost of converting the building to a single townhouse at upto £15.9 million ($20 million, €18.8 million or درهم73.5 million).

     

    Featuring a granite and limestone façade, 177 – 179 East 73rd Street has ceiling heights that range from 12’7” to 17’, is 40’ wide and provides 17,232 square foot of internal space. Though plans have been drawn up to turn it into a vast 8-beroom residence complete with a 8-car garage, basketball court and home cinema, rival agent Jed Garfield of Leslie J. Garfield, told The Real Deal: “I think it’s still overpriced. The only surprising thing is that they’re now willing to sell it at [closer to] market price” late last week.

     

    The building – which remains in use as a UES garage – is listed by Carrie Chiang of Corcoran and is described as “just waiting to undergo a metamorphosis in the hands of a discerning buyer”.

     

    Image shows 177 – 179 East 73rd Street in 1906, 2017 and a rendering as a single family residence (left to right).

     

  • Witchfinders and Watermills

    Witchfinders and Watermills

    Picturesque watermill used in ‘The Witchfinder General’ and ‘Dad’s Army’ for sale

     

    Witches and water don’t have an affinity – with dunking being a common form of punishment for suspects in the 16th and 17th centuries – and at The Watermill on the River Black Bourn at Ixworth in Suffolk, just such activity occurred in the 1968 film The Witchfinder General.

     

    The Watermill, which is now for sale for £1 million ($1.3 million, €1.2 million or درهم4.6 milllion) through Savills, was also a location in the popular BBC series Dad’s Army and of this property, which until recently was used as a holiday rental, the corporation’s Martha Kearney once remarked: “I can’t think of a more enchanted summer evening than sitting outside the Mill, gazing across the water lilies on the pond to the beautiful island beyond”.

     

    Witchfinder’s and Watermills – The Watermill, Thetford Road, Ixworth, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2JN – For sale for £1 million ($1.3 million, €1.2 million or درهم4.6 milllion) through Savills and used in The Witchfinder General and Dad’s Army
    The Watermill prior to renovation

     

    A working mill from 1800 until 1946, the 5,848 square foot, three floor building comes with detailed restrictions about how it could be altered given it is Grade II* listed but currently provides 3 reception rooms, 5 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.

     

    Previously rented from £1,450 to £3,000 per week depending on season, The Watermill is situated on a three acre plot that includes a picturesque lily-covered mill pond with island and mill race. An outbuilding has lapsed planning permission for conversion into ancillary accommodation whilst the former mill itself retains much of its original machinery.

     

    Witchfinder’s and Watermills – The Watermill, Thetford Road, Ixworth, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2JN – For sale for £1 million ($1.3 million, €1.2 million or درهم4.6 milllion) through Savills and used in The Witchfinder General and Dad’s ArmyWitchfinder’s and Watermills – The Watermill, Thetford Road, Ixworth, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2JN – For sale for £1 million ($1.3 million, €1.2 million or درهم4.6 milllion) through Savills and used in The Witchfinder General and Dad’s ArmyWitchfinder’s and Watermills – The Watermill, Thetford Road, Ixworth, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2JN – For sale for £1 million ($1.3 million, €1.2 million or درهم4.6 milllion) through Savills and used in The Witchfinder General and Dad’s ArmyWitchfinder’s and Watermills – The Watermill, Thetford Road, Ixworth, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2JN – For sale for £1 million ($1.3 million, €1.2 million or درهم4.6 milllion) through Savills and used in The Witchfinder General and Dad’s ArmyWitchfinder’s and Watermills – The Watermill, Thetford Road, Ixworth, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2JN – For sale for £1 million ($1.3 million, €1.2 million or درهم4.6 milllion) through Savills and used in The Witchfinder General and Dad’s Army Witchfinder’s and Watermills – The Watermill, Thetford Road, Ixworth, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2JN – For sale for £1 million ($1.3 million, €1.2 million or درهم4.6 milllion) through Savills and used in The Witchfinder General and Dad’s Army Witchfinder’s and Watermills – The Watermill, Thetford Road, Ixworth, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2JN – For sale for £1 million ($1.3 million, €1.2 million or درهم4.6 milllion) through Savills and used in The Witchfinder General and Dad’s ArmyWitchfinder’s and Watermills – The Watermill, Thetford Road, Ixworth, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2JN – For sale for £1 million ($1.3 million, €1.2 million or درهم4.6 milllion) through Savills and used in The Witchfinder General and Dad’s ArmyWitchfinder’s and Watermills – The Watermill, Thetford Road, Ixworth, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2JN – For sale for £1 million ($1.3 million, €1.2 million or درهم4.6 milllion) through Savills and used in The Witchfinder General and Dad’s ArmyWitchfinder’s and Watermills – The Watermill, Thetford Road, Ixworth, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2JN – For sale for £1 million ($1.3 million, €1.2 million or درهم4.6 milllion) through Savills and used in The Witchfinder General and Dad’s ArmyWitchfinder’s and Watermills – The Watermill, Thetford Road, Ixworth, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2JN – For sale for £1 million ($1.3 million, €1.2 million or درهم4.6 milllion) through Savills and used in The Witchfinder General and Dad’s ArmyWitchfinder’s and Watermills – The Watermill, Thetford Road, Ixworth, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2JN – For sale for £1 million ($1.3 million, €1.2 million or درهم4.6 milllion) through Savills and used in The Witchfinder General and Dad’s Army

  • Balancing Bedrooms

    Balancing Bedrooms

    Converted Hampshire coach house for sale; it extends to 6,222 square foot but has just two bedrooms

     

    A 6,222 square foot Hampshire coach house that was converted to a residential dwelling in 1987 is for sale for £2.5 million ($3.1 million, €2.9 million or درهم11.4 million).

     

    Hildon House at Broughton is Grade II listed and though vast in terms of its total size provides just two bedroom suites. The house, instead, is primarily comprised of six entertaining spaces and two kitchens and is presented in a modern style internally.

     

    Standing in 18.99 acres of parkland that formerly belonged to Rose Hill, the long since demolished house the coach house served, the three-floor building is set around a courtyard. It comes with a one bedroom annexe, clock tower, outdoor swimming pool and carport.

     

    Knight Frank are the sole selling agents.

     

    Balancing Bedrooms – Hildon House, Beech Tree Walk, Broughton, Test Valley, Hampshire, SO20 8DQ – For sale through Knight Frank for £2.5 million ($3.1 million, €2.9 million or درهم11.4 million) – Former coach house to Rose HillBalancing Bedrooms – Hildon House, Beech Tree Walk, Broughton, Test Valley, Hampshire, SO20 8DQ – For sale through Knight Frank for £2.5 million ($3.1 million, €2.9 million or درهم11.4 million) – Former coach house to Rose HillBalancing Bedrooms – Hildon House, Beech Tree Walk, Broughton, Test Valley, Hampshire, SO20 8DQ – For sale through Knight Frank for £2.5 million ($3.1 million, €2.9 million or درهم11.4 million) – Former coach house to Rose HillBalancing Bedrooms – Hildon House, Beech Tree Walk, Broughton, Test Valley, Hampshire, SO20 8DQ – For sale through Knight Frank for £2.5 million ($3.1 million, €2.9 million or درهم11.4 million) – Former coach house to Rose HillBalancing Bedrooms – Hildon House, Beech Tree Walk, Broughton, Test Valley, Hampshire, SO20 8DQ – For sale through Knight Frank for £2.5 million ($3.1 million, €2.9 million or درهم11.4 million) – Former coach house to Rose HillBalancing Bedrooms – Hildon House, Beech Tree Walk, Broughton, Test Valley, Hampshire, SO20 8DQ – For sale through Knight Frank for £2.5 million ($3.1 million, €2.9 million or درهم11.4 million) – Former coach house to Rose HillBalancing Bedrooms – Hildon House, Beech Tree Walk, Broughton, Test Valley, Hampshire, SO20 8DQ – For sale through Knight Frank for £2.5 million ($3.1 million, €2.9 million or درهم11.4 million) – Former coach house to Rose HillBalancing Bedrooms – Hildon House, Beech Tree Walk, Broughton, Test Valley, Hampshire, SO20 8DQ – For sale through Knight Frank for £2.5 million ($3.1 million, €2.9 million or درهم11.4 million) – Former coach house to Rose Hill Balancing Bedrooms – Hildon House, Beech Tree Walk, Broughton, Test Valley, Hampshire, SO20 8DQ – For sale through Knight Frank for £2.5 million ($3.1 million, €2.9 million or درهم11.4 million) – Former coach house to Rose Hill

  • Bernie Madoff – The Wizard of Lies

    Bernie Madoff – The Wizard of Lies

    TV drama film examining largest financial fraud ever by an individual set to air in May in America; ‘The Wizard of Lies’ examines the crimes of Bernard L. Madoff

     

    On 20th May, Americans will finally be able to watch director Barry Levinson’s take on the crimes of the Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff when The Wizard of Lies airs on HBO.

     

    Sentenced to 150 years for his £51.9 billion ($65 billion, €61.2 billion or درهم238.7 billion) crime, Madoff is played in the television drama film by Robert De Niro whilst Michelle Pfeiffer takes on the role of his wife, Ruth.

     

    Two trailers have recently been released to international audiences and we share the most recent below. A date for the drama’s release in the UK is still to be announced.

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=146&v=4G2carVhVJk

  • An MP’s Manor

    An MP’s Manor

    Norfolk manor house owned by anti-Brexit Conservative politician Lord Prior of Brampton for sale for £3 million

     

    David Prior – now The Rt. Hon. The Lord Prior of Brampton – undoubtedly was a decent and able Member of Parliament. Educated at Charterhouse and Cambridge, he became first an investment banker with Lehman Brothers and Lazard and then subsequently represented the Norfolk North constituency between 1997 and 2001.

     

    A Conservative but one with a belief that “the role of the market is hugely limited in health and social care” and that Brexit will be “a terrible mistake”, 62-year old Mr Prior – whose father was the “Tory wet” Jim, later The Rt. Hon. The Lord Prior PC (1927 – 2016) – acquired Swannington Manor, ten miles north of Norwich in 1990 with his wife and has recently put it up for sale for £3 million ($3.8 million, €3.5 million or درهم13.8 million).

     

    Standing in 96.5 acres, Swannington Manor is a Grade II listed red brick built house that dates to around 1700. It retains many period features, extends to 7,519 square foot and includes 5 reception rooms, 8 bedrooms and a self-contained annexe. A 3 bedroom lodge – let on a protected tenancy – stands beside the property’s entrance gates and aside from various outbuildings, barns and stores, there are formal and informal gardens, a kitchen garden, a heated outdoor swimming pool and a hard tennis court.

     

    Primarily to the south and west of the house are grazing meadows, water meadows, a trout stream, a series of ponds and areas of woodland. These have been maintained with conservation and duck flighting in mind and form what the selling agents Savills describe as “a small sporting estate”.

     

    Surprisingly, given his comments about Britain leaving the EU, Lord Prior of Brampton was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 21st December 2016.

     

    An MP’s Manor – Swannington Manor, Manor Drive, Swannington, Norwich, Norfolk, NR9 5NR – For sale with Savills for £3 million ($3.8 million, €3.5 million or درهم13.8 million) – Home to The Rt. Hon. The Lord Prior of BramptonAn MP’s Manor – Swannington Manor, Manor Drive, Swannington, Norwich, Norfolk, NR9 5NR – For sale with Savills for £3 million ($3.8 million, €3.5 million or درهم13.8 million) – Home to The Rt. Hon. The Lord Prior of BramptonAn MP’s Manor – Swannington Manor, Manor Drive, Swannington, Norwich, Norfolk, NR9 5NR – For sale with Savills for £3 million ($3.8 million, €3.5 million or درهم13.8 million) – Home to The Rt. Hon. The Lord Prior of Brampton An MP’s Manor – Swannington Manor, Manor Drive, Swannington, Norwich, Norfolk, NR9 5NR – For sale with Savills for £3 million ($3.8 million, €3.5 million or درهم13.8 million) – Home to The Rt. Hon. The Lord Prior of BramptonAn MP’s Manor – Swannington Manor, Manor Drive, Swannington, Norwich, Norfolk, NR9 5NR – For sale with Savills for £3 million ($3.8 million, €3.5 million or درهم13.8 million) – Home to The Rt. Hon. The Lord Prior of BramptonAn MP’s Manor – Swannington Manor, Manor Drive, Swannington, Norwich, Norfolk, NR9 5NR – For sale with Savills for £3 million ($3.8 million, €3.5 million or درهم13.8 million) – Home to The Rt. Hon. The Lord Prior of BramptonAn MP’s Manor – Swannington Manor, Manor Drive, Swannington, Norwich, Norfolk, NR9 5NR – For sale with Savills for £3 million ($3.8 million, €3.5 million or درهم13.8 million) – Home to The Rt. Hon. The Lord Prior of BramptonAn MP’s Manor – Swannington Manor, Manor Drive, Swannington, Norwich, Norfolk, NR9 5NR – For sale with Savills for £3 million ($3.8 million, €3.5 million or درهم13.8 million) – Home to The Rt. Hon. The Lord Prior of BramptonAn MP’s Manor – Swannington Manor, Manor Drive, Swannington, Norwich, Norfolk, NR9 5NR – For sale with Savills for £3 million ($3.8 million, €3.5 million or درهم13.8 million) – Home to The Rt. Hon. The Lord Prior of BramptonAn MP’s Manor – Swannington Manor, Manor Drive, Swannington, Norwich, Norfolk, NR9 5NR – For sale with Savills for £3 million ($3.8 million, €3.5 million or درهم13.8 million) – Home to The Rt. Hon. The Lord Prior of BramptonAn MP’s Manor – Swannington Manor, Manor Drive, Swannington, Norwich, Norfolk, NR9 5NR – For sale with Savills for £3 million ($3.8 million, €3.5 million or درهم13.8 million) – Home to The Rt. Hon. The Lord Prior of BramptonAn MP’s Manor – Swannington Manor, Manor Drive, Swannington, Norwich, Norfolk, NR9 5NR – For sale with Savills for £3 million ($3.8 million, €3.5 million or درهم13.8 million) – Home to The Rt. Hon. The Lord Prior of Brampton An MP’s Manor – Swannington Manor, Manor Drive, Swannington, Norwich, Norfolk, NR9 5NR – For sale with Savills for £3 million ($3.8 million, €3.5 million or درهم13.8 million) – Home to The Rt. Hon. The Lord Prior of Brampton

  • Alfie Best II

    Alfie Best II

    A tenacious Romany Gypsy turned multi-millionaire businessman, Mayfair and Hertfordshire based Alfie Best overcame “many obstacles and prejudices” to make his fortune in cars, mobile phone stores and mobile home parks. The owner of Wyldecrest Parks also produces his own gin and claims his life philosophy is “90% perspiration and 10% inspiration”. His equally entrepreneurial son, Alfie Best III, appeared with him on Channel 4’s My Big Fat Gypsy Fortune.

  • Taking the Tito

    Taking the Tito

    Ex-Marshal Tito Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman Landaulet for sale for staggering sum 1,598% higher than similar examples owned by other dictators

     

    “Benevolent communist dictator” Marshal Josip Tito, 1st President of Yugoslavia (1892 – 1980) had use of a Boeing 727 plane, a private train and a 55-foot yacht but now the 1971 Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman ‘Presidential Landaulet’ he travelled around in from 1971 to 1980 is for sale for the staggering sum of £2.5 million ($3.1 million, €2.9 million or درهم11.4 million) through Tom Hartley Jnr. in Derbyshire, England.

     

    Taking the Tito – 1971 Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman Presidential Landaulet – For sale for £2.5 million ($3.1 million, €2.9 million or درهم11.4 million) through Tom Hartley Jnr. – Originally owned by Marshal Josip Tito, 1st President of Yugoslavia (1892 – 1980)
    Tito with the car in the background
    Taking the Tito – 1971 Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman Presidential Landaulet – For sale for £2.5 million ($3.1 million, €2.9 million or درهم11.4 million) through Tom Hartley Jnr. – Originally owned by Marshal Josip Tito, 1st President of Yugoslavia (1892 – 1980)
    Tito used to take his dog for rides in the vehicle
    Taking the Tito – 1971 Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman Presidential Landaulet – For sale for £2.5 million ($3.1 million, €2.9 million or درهم11.4 million) through Tom Hartley Jnr. – Originally owned by Marshal Josip Tito, 1st President of Yugoslavia (1892 – 1980)
    And apparently he used to shave in it too

     

    Capable of achieving 0 mph to 100 mph in 10 seconds, this 2.5-tonne, 6.3-litre limousine was built to Tito’s personal specification. The ‘dictator-mobile’s’ bespoke features numbered not only a drinks cabinet but also a shaving kit in its rear centre console and despite having covered 17,012 miles and having passed through various owners, is in remarkably good condition.

     

    Justifying the punchy price sought, in November 2016, Tom Hartley Jnr. told Car Dealer magazine:

     

    “I’ve always been in love with the car. It’s a very significant and very important car – all of the Landaulets are, and only nine of them were built in the long roof, six-door configuration. Of those nine, this is probably regarded as the most original, the most unmolested car and it also has great provenance”.

     

    A 1965 Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman owned by China’s Foreign Minister, Chen Yi, sold for just £147,200 ($182,800, €172,500 or درهم671,400) in 2014 whilst just £225,000 ($279,400, €263,700 or درهم1.03 million) was sought for a 1977 example originally owned by Bokassa I of Central Africa in 2015.

     

    Taking the Tito – 1971 Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman Presidential Landaulet – For sale for £2.5 million ($3.1 million, €2.9 million or درهم11.4 million) through Tom Hartley Jnr. – Originally owned by Marshal Josip Tito, 1st President of Yugoslavia (1892 – 1980)
    Naturally, the needs of drinkers was a prime consideration when it came to bespoke fittings
    Taking the Tito – 1971 Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman Presidential Landaulet – For sale for £2.5 million ($3.1 million, €2.9 million or درهم11.4 million) through Tom Hartley Jnr. – Originally owned by Marshal Josip Tito, 1st President of Yugoslavia (1892 – 1980)
    Luxurious rear seating
    Taking the Tito – 1971 Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman Presidential Landaulet – For sale for £2.5 million ($3.1 million, €2.9 million or درهم11.4 million) through Tom Hartley Jnr. – Originally owned by Marshal Josip Tito, 1st President of Yugoslavia (1892 – 1980)
    The glass partition between the passengers and the driver
    Taking the Tito – 1971 Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman Presidential Landaulet – For sale for £2.5 million ($3.1 million, €2.9 million or درهم11.4 million) through Tom Hartley Jnr. – Originally owned by Marshal Josip Tito, 1st President of Yugoslavia (1892 – 1980)
    The driver’s seating
    Taking the Tito – 1971 Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman Presidential Landaulet – For sale for £2.5 million ($3.1 million, €2.9 million or درهم11.4 million) through Tom Hartley Jnr. – Originally owned by Marshal Josip Tito, 1st President of Yugoslavia (1892 – 1980)
    And hood down
    Taking the Tito – 1971 Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman Presidential Landaulet – For sale for £2.5 million ($3.1 million, €2.9 million or درهم11.4 million) through Tom Hartley Jnr. – Originally owned by Marshal Josip Tito, 1st President of Yugoslavia (1892 – 1980)
    Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with Tito in 1972

  • Living Eyre

    Living Eyre

    “Gentleman’s manor house” that inspired Charlotte Brontë’s Thornfield Hall in ‘Jane Eyre’ available to rent for just £14,400 per year; alternatively you could take a tiny studio in SW3 for the same sum

     

    Described by Charlotte Brontë (1775 – 1817) as being “three storeys high; a gentleman’s manor house; battlements round the top gave it a picturesque look” in Jane Eyre, Thornfield Hall was where Jane Eyre became a governess and where she fell for Mr Rochester. The 16th century building that is said to have been Brontë’s primary inspiration, North Lees Hall, is now available to rent and is offered for the same sum as a poky 179 square foot studio in Chelsea Cloisters in London, SW3.

     

    Living Eyre – North Lees Hall, Birley Lane, Hathersage, Derbyshire, S32 1BR, United Kingdom – £1,200 per month ($1,484, €1,402 or درهم5,453 per month) or alternatively take 154 Chelsea Cloisters, Sloane Avenue, Chelsea, London, SW3 3DR for the same sum
    North Lees Hall, Birley Lane, Hathersage, Derbyshire, S32 1BR is owned by the Peak District National Park and available to let after the Vivat Trust, that managed it as a holiday rental from 1988, ceased trading in 2015
    Living Eyre – North Lees Hall, Birley Lane, Hathersage, Derbyshire, S32 1BR, United Kingdom – £1,200 per month ($1,484, €1,402 or درهم5,453 per month) or alternatively take 154 Chelsea Cloisters, Sloane Avenue, Chelsea, London, SW3 3DR for the same sum
    A first floor studio – 154 Chelsea Cloisters, Sloane Avenue, Chelsea, London, SW3 3DR – is available through JLL for the same sum but is hardly as imposing
    Living Eyre – North Lees Hall, Birley Lane, Hathersage, Derbyshire, S32 1BR, United Kingdom – £1,200 per month ($1,484, €1,402 or درهم5,453 per month) or alternatively take 154 Chelsea Cloisters, Sloane Avenue, Chelsea, London, SW3 3DR for the same sum
    Ruth Wilson played Jane Eyre with Toby Stephens as Edward Rochester in the 2006 TV adaptation of Jane Eyre; part of the series was filmed at North Lees Hall

     

    Supposedly designed by Robert Smythson (1534 – 1614), the architect of Hardwick Hall, Grade II* listed North Lees Hall features a tower and turrets and comprises of 2 reception rooms, 3 double bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. It also has a large breakfast kitchen and basement but the panoramic views from the castellated roof terrace are what will most likely impress potential tenants.

     

    North Lees Hall is available through Saxton Mee for £1,200 per month ($1,484, €1,402 or درهم5,453 per month). Tenders to rent it on a furnished basis for a minimum of twelve months must be submitted by Friday 28th April.

     

    Living Eyre – North Lees Hall, Birley Lane, Hathersage, Derbyshire, S32 1BR, United Kingdom – £1,200 per month ($1,484, €1,402 or درهم5,453 per month) or alternatively take 154 Chelsea Cloisters, Sloane Avenue, Chelsea, London, SW3 3DR for the same sumLiving Eyre – North Lees Hall, Birley Lane, Hathersage, Derbyshire, S32 1BR, United Kingdom – £1,200 per month ($1,484, €1,402 or درهم5,453 per month) or alternatively take 154 Chelsea Cloisters, Sloane Avenue, Chelsea, London, SW3 3DR for the same sum Living Eyre – North Lees Hall, Birley Lane, Hathersage, Derbyshire, S32 1BR, United Kingdom – £1,200 per month ($1,484, €1,402 or درهم5,453 per month) or alternatively take 154 Chelsea Cloisters, Sloane Avenue, Chelsea, London, SW3 3DR for the same sumLiving Eyre – North Lees Hall, Birley Lane, Hathersage, Derbyshire, S32 1BR, United Kingdom – £1,200 per month ($1,484, €1,402 or درهم5,453 per month) or alternatively take 154 Chelsea Cloisters, Sloane Avenue, Chelsea, London, SW3 3DR for the same sumLiving Eyre – North Lees Hall, Birley Lane, Hathersage, Derbyshire, S32 1BR, United Kingdom – £1,200 per month ($1,484, €1,402 or درهم5,453 per month) or alternatively take 154 Chelsea Cloisters, Sloane Avenue, Chelsea, London, SW3 3DR for the same sum Living Eyre – North Lees Hall, Birley Lane, Hathersage, Derbyshire, S32 1BR, United Kingdom – £1,200 per month ($1,484, €1,402 or درهم5,453 per month) or alternatively take 154 Chelsea Cloisters, Sloane Avenue, Chelsea, London, SW3 3DR for the same sum

  • Billionaire Battersea

    Billionaire Battersea

    Historic Battersea mansion for sale for the same sum it was marketed for in 2011; it has been mostly empty throughout the intervening period and was renovated by the late billionaire Malcolm Forbes

    Billionaire publisher Malcolm Forbes was a man who liked to live large. He had a huge yacht named The Highlander, threw lavish parties across the globe and counted Gianni Agnelli, Gordon Getty, Calvin Klein, Robert Maxwell, Rupert Murdoch, Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump as friends. This “mysterious collector” also owned numerous residences and one of these, Old Battersea House in London, is for sale for the same sum as it was marketed for in 2011.

     

    Often seen with Elizabeth Taylor at his side and described as “living life in the fabulous”, Forbes purchased Old Battersea House in 1971. It had previously been home to and saved from demolition by Battersea Council by the eccentric author and ghost hunter Wilhemina Stirling. She took up a lifetime tenancy on the building in 1931 and used it to house artworks by her sister, Evelyn de Morgan (1855 – 1919).

     

    Billionaire Battersea – Old Battersea House, 30 Vicarage Crescent, Battersea, London, SW11 3LD, United Kingdom – Formerly Terrace House – For sale through Savills for £12 million ($15 million, €14 million or درهم54.9 million) – Former home of eccentric author and ghost hunter A. M. D. Wilhemina Stirling (1865 – 1965) and billionaire publisher Malcolm S. Forbes (1919 – 1990)
    Businessman and publisher Malcolm S. Forbes (1919 – 1990) with seven times married actress Dame Elizabeth Taylor DBE (1932 – 2011) at his lavish 70th birthday party at the Palais Mendoub, Tangier, Morocco in 1989
    Billionaire Battersea – Old Battersea House, 30 Vicarage Crescent, Battersea, London, SW11 3LD, United Kingdom – Formerly Terrace House – For sale through Savills for £12 million ($15 million, €14 million or درهم54.9 million) – Former home of eccentric author and ghost hunter A. M. D. Wilhemina Stirling (1865 – 1965) and billionaire publisher Malcolm S. Forbes (1919 – 1990)
    Old Battersea House, 30 Vicarage Crescent, Battersea, London, SW11 3LD, United Kingdom
    Billionaire Battersea – Old Battersea House, 30 Vicarage Crescent, Battersea, London, SW11 3LD, United Kingdom – Formerly Terrace House – For sale through Savills for £12 million ($15 million, €14 million or درهم54.9 million) – Former home of eccentric author and ghost hunter A. M. D. Wilhemina Stirling (1865 – 1965) and billionaire publisher Malcolm S. Forbes (1919 – 1990)
    A. M. D. Wilhemina Stirling (1865 – 1965) owned the house prior to Malcolm Forbes
    Billionaire Battersea – Old Battersea House, 30 Vicarage Crescent, Battersea, London, SW11 3LD, United Kingdom – Formerly Terrace House – For sale through Savills for £12 million ($15 million, €14 million or درهم54.9 million) – Former home of eccentric author and ghost hunter A. M. D. Wilhemina Stirling (1865 – 1965) and billionaire publisher Malcolm S. Forbes (1919 – 1990)
    Christopher ‘Kip’ Forbes (born 1951) assisted his father restore Old Battersea House and later oversaw the family selling its art collection in 2003 and 2009

     

    Grade II* listed since 1954 and adapted during Forbes and subsequently his son Kip’s ownership to showcase a vast collection of Victorian art and antiques, Old Battersea House was built on Tudor foundations in 1699 and was at first known as ‘Terrace House’. It originally had gardens extending down to the River Thames and is rumoured to have been designed by Sir Christopher Wren (1632 – 1723).

     

    Featuring “handsome classical proportions throughout” and standing within a 110-foot wide walled garden, the 10,100 square foot house includes 4 reception rooms, 10 double bedrooms and 7 bathrooms. It has off-street parking and a garden store but it is sadly overlooked by the adjoining housing estate that was built in its grounds in the 1930s.

     

    Savills seek £12 million ($15 million, €14 million or درهم54.9 million) for Old Battersea House.

     

    Billionaire Battersea – Old Battersea House, 30 Vicarage Crescent, Battersea, London, SW11 3LD, United Kingdom – Formerly Terrace House – For sale through Savills for £12 million ($15 million, €14 million or درهم54.9 million) – Former home of eccentric author and ghost hunter A. M. D. Wilhemina Stirling (1865 – 1965) and billionaire publisher Malcolm S. Forbes (1919 – 1990)
    The impressive hallway of Old Battersea House
    Billionaire Battersea – Old Battersea House, 30 Vicarage Crescent, Battersea, London, SW11 3LD, United Kingdom – Formerly Terrace House – For sale through Savills for £12 million ($15 million, €14 million or درهم54.9 million) – Former home of eccentric author and ghost hunter A. M. D. Wilhemina Stirling (1865 – 1965) and billionaire publisher Malcolm S. Forbes (1919 – 1990)
    Another entertaining space
    Billionaire Battersea – Old Battersea House, 30 Vicarage Crescent, Battersea, London, SW11 3LD, United Kingdom – Formerly Terrace House – For sale through Savills for £12 million ($15 million, €14 million or درهم54.9 million) – Former home of eccentric author and ghost hunter A. M. D. Wilhemina Stirling (1865 – 1965) and billionaire publisher Malcolm S. Forbes (1919 – 1990)
    Elizabeth Taylor and her then husband Larry Fortensky at Old Battersea House in 1992
    Billionaire Battersea – Old Battersea House, 30 Vicarage Crescent, Battersea, London, SW11 3LD, United Kingdom – Formerly Terrace House – For sale through Savills for £12 million ($15 million, €14 million or درهم54.9 million) – Former home of eccentric author and ghost hunter A. M. D. Wilhemina Stirling (1865 – 1965) and billionaire publisher Malcolm S. Forbes (1919 – 1990)
    Images of the house as it was furnished during the ownership of the Forbes family