BUCKINGHAM PLACE WESTMINSTER SW1

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1 BUCKINGHAM PLACE WESTMINSTER SW1

2 BUCKINGHAM PLACE WESTMINSTER SW1 Double fronted eight bedroom townhouse An impressive freehold family house located close to Buckingham Palace. This bright, contemporary designed house benefits from four windows width across the front elevation and five across the rear. The property has undergone a thorough refurbishment and has recently been redecorated throughout. Laid out over five floors, the arrangement of the house is particularly well thought out. An open plan kitchen and dining area on the lower ground floor, with french doors leading out onto the patio garden, plus a large informal family living room. The ground floor has two large reception rooms and access to a small terrace. The first floor is dedicated to the master suite and there are six further bedrooms and three further bathrooms on the second and third floors, plus a utility room. There is also a roof terrace, accessed through a large glass sliding roof panel. These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text.

3 HISTORICAL NOTE During the 1960 s and early 1970 s the house was owned by Stanislas Radziwill and his third wife, Lee, the former Caroline Lee Bouvier. He was a real estate investor who had been born a Polish prince. Lee Radziwill was Jacqueline Kennedy s younger sister, and, as New York Times reporter Charlotte Curtis observed in 1961, was the epitome of all that is considered chic, and therefore elegantly understated, in the world today. President JF Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline Kennedy were regular visitors to the house during this period. Architectural Digest recently published an article 21 August 2013, which describes how the property came to be featured in Vogue. Lee Radziwill called on the services of Renzo Mongiardino, the acclaimed Italian decorator and set designer, to decorate the house. Architectural Digest states that In addition to a dining room lined with Cordovan leather that was recycled from one of his movie jobs, Mongiardino s work for the Radziwills London residence included a ground floor drawing room whose Ottomanmeets Moghul atmosphere was both unmistakably hip it was the Age of Aquarius, after all and hypnotically sensuous. A year following its completion the room was photographed by Cecil Beaton. He described it as a blaze of Turquerie, and his photographs and commentary were published in Vogue in December 1966.

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7 Location Buckingham Place is conveniently located close to the green open spaces of St. James's Park and Green Park. It is situated just off Palace Street, equidistant to St. James's Park and London Victoria station. Size Approximately sq m 5,541 sq ft Local Authority City of Westminster Tenure Freehold Guide Price 8,950,000 Restaurants: The Goring Hotel 0.3 miles Quilon 0.2 miles Entertainment: Victoria Palace Theatre 0.2 miles Apollo Theatre 0.3 miles Galleries: Tate Britain 1.1 miles Royal Academy of Arts 1 mile National Portrait Gallery 1.2 miles Walking: St. James's Park 0.3 miles Green Park 0.4 miles. Train: London Victoria Underground Station Circle, District and Victoria lines 0.3 miles. London Victoria Station Gatwick Express, Southeastern and Southern services 0.3 miles. St James s Park Underground Station Circle and District lines 0.4 miles all distances are approximate.

8 Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area sq.m./5,541 sq.ft. This plan is for guidance only and must not be relied upon as a statement of fact. Attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text of the Particulars THIRD FLOOR ROOF TERRACE GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR LOWER GROUND FLOOR KnightFrank.co.uk Victoria Street London SW1H 0EU victoriasales@knightfrank.com Important Notice 1. Particulars: These particulars are not an offer or contract, nor part of one. You should not rely on statements by Knight Frank LLP in the particulars or by word of mouth or in writing information as being factually accurate about the property, its condition or its value. Neither Knight Frank LLP nor any joint agent has any authority to make any representations about the property, and accordingly any information given is entirely without responsibility on the part of the agents, seller s or lessor s. 2. Photos etc: The photographs show only certain parts of the property as they appeared at the time they were taken. Areas, measurements and distances given are approximate only. 3. Regulations etc: Any reference to alterations to, or use of, any part of the property does not mean that any necessary planning, building regulations or other consent has been obtained. A buyer or lessee must find out by inspection or in other ways that these matters have been properly dealt with and that all information is correct. 4. VAT: The VAT position relating to the property may change without notice. Particulars dated March 2017 Photographs dated March 2017 Knight Frank LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England with registered number OC Our registered office is 55 Baker Street, London, W1U 8AN, where you may look at a list of members names.