Your Own Mews

A number of the townhouses at Chelsea Barracks in Belgravia have standalone brick built mews houses that are situated at the bottom of the garden. Spanning two stories, and with a reception area, living area/bedroom and a bathroom, the detached garden rooms - which are styled as mews houses - can be used as offices, studios, playrooms or annexes for visiting guests. With multigenerational living increasingly apparent in Covid-19, mews houses (and outer buildings generally) provide enough space to be all under one roof, as it were, without treading on toes. Although completely separate to the main house, the mews house can be reached through the garden, or the underground levels of the townhouse, which comprise a swimming pool, cinema room, sauna and gym.

Rupert des Forges, Head of Prime Central London Developments at Knight Frank said: “A mews or garden house at the end of the garden gives security to the rear boundary of the property. They function very well as amenity space that gives additional guest or staff accommodation, and often garaging too. Take Chelsea Barracks for example, there is a clear marriage value for a main residence having the ownership of the mews beyond the garden.”

The properties, in the upscale Belgravia neighbourhood, start at £38m for a 9,902 sq ft townhouse with five bedrooms and six bathrooms. It's POA for 14,057 sq ft townhouses with 7 bedrooms and 9 full bathrooms and a 553.5 sq ft mews. Website: www.chelseabarracks.com/live/mulberry-whistler-squares