Notting Hill, W11
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Stucco Villa
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For Sale
A double-fronted villa on the curve of the crescent, with a gate at the end of the garden into the communal lawns.
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Freehold · Council Tax Band H · EPC D
Lansdowne Crescent follows the line of a racecourse that briefly occupied this hill in the 1830s. The villas that replaced it stand in pairs, set back behind front gardens. This one has been opened up at lower ground and left alone above, where the rooms keep their original height and cornicing.
The house was last sold in 2004 and has been lived in by one family since. Their changes were practical rather than decorative: a new roof, rewiring throughout and a kitchen that runs the full depth of the lower ground floor, with doors onto the garden.
The garden is the reason most people come back for a second viewing. It is walled, planted with mature magnolia and box, and ends in a private gate onto the communal garden shared by the houses of the crescent.
Every room in the order a viewing would take you. The plan follows along as you go; tap any room on it to step straight there.
The whole lower ground floor has been opened into one kitchen, running from the front lightwell to a pair of glazed doors onto the garden. A long white island seats eight along one side, with tall cabinetry built flush into the wall opposite. Sheer linen at the windows softens the light without losing any of it.
The house stands back from the crescent behind a low wall and a mature magnolia that flowers in April. A balcony runs across the first floor, and the arched porch opens into the entrance hall.
The front door opens into a central hall, with the drawing room on one side and the dining room on the other. A stone staircase rises towards the back of the house, lit by a tall window on the half-landing. A cloakroom sits at the end of the hall.
To the left of the hall, a long room with two tall windows onto the crescent and its original cornicing intact. Oak parquet runs throughout, and there is space for a grand piano at the far end without crowding the sofas. The ceiling keeps its full original height, as in every room above the lower ground floor.
Across the hall, the dining room has a herringbone floor, a deep cornice and carved panelled doors. Two tall windows face the front garden, and a niche beside the chimney breast was made for a sculpture. The room seats ten, and a pair of doors leads through to the sitting room behind.
The front of the first floor, a long room with wide boards and two tall windows that open as doors onto the balcony above the porch. There is room for a sitting area at the window end. A dressing room behind leads through to the bathroom.
At the back of the first floor, with a freestanding bath set in front of a three-part window over the gardens of the Ladbroke Estate. The walls are plain white and the floor is laid in pale stone. It is reached through the dressing room, so it works as the principal bedroom’s own bathroom.
At the front of the second floor, with a white marble fireplace and a tall window into the trees of the crescent. The ceilings here are still generous, and the room takes a double bed with space to spare. A family bathroom and a shower room are across the landing.
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Portobello Road and Westbourne Grove are a ten-minute walk, and Holland Park station (Central line) is close by. The communal gardens of the Ladbroke Estate run behind the houses, so much of the walking here can be done off the street.
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