Property Of The Week: Historic Harley Street Mansion Hits The Market

A truly remarkable piece of London's heritage, a Grade II Listed townhouse on the prestigious Harley Street, is now available.

This magnificent 8,600 square foot Marylebone mansion, with seven bedrooms, holds a special place in literary history; its past is said to have inspired characters and events in Charles Dickens's acclaimed novel, Little Dorrit.

Originally built in 1822-25 by architect and builder John White junior, the five storey Marylebone mansion has an elegant brick façade, three windows wide, with tall sash windows, a first-floor ornamental balcony and a fanlight above the front door, with an attractive and private patio garden at the rear.

Novelist Charles Dickens, who from 1834 had worked as a journalist for the Morning Chronicle, is believed to have used these events as inspiration for some of the characters in his acclaimed novel ‘Little Dorrit’, first published in 1855.

Now the Harley Street mansion that helped to inspire a Dickens novel is for sale. Offering substantial accommodation over lower ground, ground and four upper floors the mansion has a courtyard garden at lower ground level, a ground floor patio garden and a roof terrace garden on the first floor.

On the ground floor the house has a reception hall, inner hall with staircase and guest cloakroom, dining room and a family kitchen and sitting room, the latter two rooms have large bay windows overlooking the patio garden. The patio garden, kitchen and dining room create a large and unique entertainment space for social events or family gatherings.

The dining room and kitchen have Oak parquet flooring and the fully fitted designer kitchen has sleek white built-in cabinets and cupboards and a central island with breakfast bar. The sitting room has an adjoining shower room, allowing for use as a bedroom suite.

On the first floor the drawing room spans the entire width of floor with high ceiling, Regency fireplace and parquet flooring with three French windows opening onto the ornamental balcony. There is also a large study/reception room with the first floor landing providing access to a roof terrace.

The second floor is occupied by the principal bedroom suite on its own private floor with a bedroom, walk-in dressing room and main bathroom with sculptural freestanding bathtub and walk-in marble shower. There is a WC located off the second floor landing.

On the third floor there are two further bedrooms and bathrooms (one ensuite), both bedrooms lined with built-in wardrobes.

On the top floor of the house there is a penthouse suite, with vaulted ceilings providing a spacious living room/studio with fully fitted open plan kitchen, a bedroom with walk-in wardrobe and ensuite bathroom, and off the top floor landing a guest WC.

The mansion on Harley House is for sale for £18,500,000 (freehold).

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