| Blockbusters: Inside London's Cornwall Terrace, Now Asking $160M Nov 5th 2012, 16:15 Built in the 1820s by English architect Decimus Burton, London's renowned One Cornwall Terrace, named after King George IV's other official name—the Duke of Cornwall—has officially hit the market. Burton worked with his mentor, Regent's Park architect John Nash, on the design of the 21,500-square-foot Neoclassical home, which contains seven bedrooms, nine bathrooms, 11 reception rooms, marble and limestone floors, walls, and fireplaces, an indoor pool, "beauty treatment areas," according to the brokerbabble, as well as iPad-controlled lighting, audio, and security, a catering kitchen, and a 130-foot-long landscaped garden. Once the private residence of a New Zealand diplomat (and, as the listing boasts, "previously home to members of the nobility, admirals, generals and adventurers, public figures and other persons of distinction"), One Cornwall Terrace is the largest of eight mansions on the property—each is being sold separately, yet all are furnished "in a unique style by a famous decorator" and have access to "on-site spas and gymnasiums, Bentley-sized garages, and a personal sommelier service," according to (the now defunct) Luxist. It's categorized as a Grade I building, a landmark status prohibiting its new owners from treating it like a $160M tear-down—that's right, the place has been listed for a staggering £100M ($159.76M). Among the priciest piles in the world, that's for sure, but not even close to London's most expensive manse, which was listed for $484M in September. · Cornwall Terrace [Christie's Great Estates via Homes of the Rich]
· London Mansion on Sale for a Record £100m [International Business Times] |
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