Thursday 24 November 2022 02:29 PM Stunning six bed mansion in Belgravia once home to 4th Earl of Lichfield is on ... trends now
A magnificent Belgravia mansion once owned by the 4th Earl of Lichfield - the grandfather of the celebrated royal photographer Patrick Lichfield - has come on the market for £45 million.
Positioned behind a gated driveway off Ebury Street, the 13,935 square foot, Grade-II listed Edwardian property was originally built in 1900-1901 and designed by architects Eustace Balfour and Hugh Thackery Turner.
It is the largest house on Lygon Place - with six bedrooms and four reception rooms - and is being sold by Beauchamp Estates.
Some of the best features of the mansion include a private health and leisure complex, a roof terrace, a billiards room and a separate three-story mews house.
A six bedroom Belgravia mansion once owned by the 4th Earl of Lichfield and offering a private swimming pool and penthouse suite has come on the market for £45 million
One of the best features of the Edwardian mansion is a private indoor swimming pool on the lower ground floor. The pool comes with leisure decks and skylights from the garden terrace above
The ground floor of the house is accessed via a stone entrance porch leading into a marble floored entrance hall with the main staircase
During 1940 the Blitz led to the Lygon Place property becoming the headquarters of Foyer, White and Prescott, with the city solicitors relocating in 1965 to Caxton Street - allowing the mansion to revert back to residential use
The house has a red-brick façade with twin Portland stone bay windows rising from lower ground to first floors, and a multi-gabled roofline.
Patrick Lichfield was famous for capturing the royal family on camera and passed away in November 2005 from a sudden illness
The Land Registry lists the mansion's first owner as wealthy shipping tycoon Sir Fenwick Shadforth-Watts who also served as President of the Chamber of Shipping and was heavily involved in naval matters.
In 1935 the Lygon Place mansion was purchased by Thomas Anson, the 4th Earl of Lichfield.
He was the grandfather of society photographer Patrick Lichfield, who - through his mother Anne Bowes-Lyon - was a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. Patrick's birth in 1939 was celebrated at Lygon Place.
Patrick was famous for capturing the royal family on camera and passed away in November 2005 from a sudden illness.
The current owners purchased the property in 2011 and commissioned Irish architect David Collins to spend two years reconfiguring and refurbishing the six bedroom house and the three-story mews house.
This project was the last of Mr Collins', who died in 2013. His work includes designs for Madonna's London and Manhattan homes, Gordon Ramsay and Marco Pierre White's restaurants and retailers Jimmy Choo, Alexander McQueen and Harrods.
The principal rooms all have generous proportions, custom design parquet flooring, regency style fireplaces and high ceilings with covings and bespoke wall paneling
It is the largest house on Lygon Place - with six bedrooms and four reception rooms - and is being sold by Beauchamp Estates
The current owners purchased the property in 2011 and commissioned Irish architect David Collins to spend two years reconfiguring and refurbishing the mansion and the separate mews house
The principal rooms all have generous proportions, custom design parquet flooring, regency style fireplaces and high ceilings with covings and bespoke wall paneling.
The ground floor of the house is accessed via a stone entrance porch leading into a marble floored entrance hall with the main staircase.
Meanwhile, the hall gives access to two interconnecting reception rooms and a 10-12 seat dining room - all incorporating large bay windows.
Coming off the hallway is the Boffi designed kitchen which has a large black marble topped island in the centre of the room and an assortment of high-end appliances.
Coming off the hallway is the Boffi designed kitchen which includes a large black marble topped island in the centre of the room and a plethora of high-end appliances
In 1935 the Lygon Place mansion was purchased by Thomas Anson, the 4th Earl of Lichfield. It was bought buy its current owners in 2011
The Land Registry lists the mansion's first owner as wealthy shipping tycoon Sir Fenwick Shadforth-Watts who also served as President of the Chamber of Shipping and was heavily involved in naval matters
Wide doors from the kitchen open onto the spacious garden terrace designed to provide outside living and dining areas.
Glass skylights in the limestone and granite terrace paving allows natural light to enter the
