Listing of the Day
Location: Fitzrovia, London
Price: £15 million (US$20.3 million)
This classic five-story Georgian townhouse on Fitzroy Square served as the setting for Daniel Day-Lewis’s final film, "Phantom Thread."
However, Mr. Lewis is not the only prominent Brit to grace the square. Writers Virginia Woolf and George Bernard Shaw and the first director of the National Gallery, Charles Eastlake, all called Fitzroy Square home during their lifetimes, according to English Heritage.
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While Georgian architecture is not particularly rare in London, according to Christian Lock-Necrews, head of Knight Frank’s Marylebone office, garden squares of the era in such pristine condition are indeed. Many were damaged during World War II, and "this is almost perfect," he said.
The house was first listed in May 2017, but went off the market during filming over the summer. "It was really fun for those of us who knew the house, to see it being used for that," Mr. Lock-Necrews said.
Even with its Hollywood pedigree, the townhouse is not the priciest pad on the block. In February 2017, the Boston House in Fitzroy Square sold for £24 million (US $33 million).
So, the 10,500-square-foot townhouse is a better value per square foot than comparable properties in luxury developments, Mr. Lock-Necrews said. "For similar-sized apartments, you could be spending £40 million, or more, in some cases," he said.
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Stats
The 10,500-square-foot townhouse has seven bedrooms, seven bathrooms, eight reception spaces, a roof terrace, a courtyard garden and an adjoining mews house containing a two-car garage, according to Knight Frank.
Neighborhood notes:
Formerly a bohemian enclave, Fitzrovia is now an area of "stealth wealth," Mr. Lock-Necrews said. "Yes, some of the neighbors are hugely wealthy, but they’re all out of the public eye."
Centrally located, Fitzroy Square residents can access the Warren Street and Great Portland Street Underground stations, and are less than half of a mile from Regent’s Park.
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Design pedigree
The square was designed in 1790 by renowned neoclassical architect Robert Adam. The townhouse contains a number of period details such as a Portland stone facade, a cantilevered stone staircase and ceilings as high as four meters.
It is also a Grade I-designated property, a distinction only 2% of properties in the U.K. receive, Mr. Lock-Necrews said.
Agent: Christian Lock-Necrews, Knight Frank
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