Property Description

Cantell and co are delighted to offer to market one of Richmond’s signature historic properties. Such homes appear on the market very rarely especially with the opportunity of a complete remodel. Please see the floorplan for the proposed renovation project, which has planning approval.

This property is offered either as a blank canvas to be remodelled by a new buyer or if preferred as a completely renovated luxury residence. The present owners would outsource the project to one of the country’s leading experts in historic renovations to be sensitively crafted to the buyer’s specifications. There would be additional costs for the latter to be borne by the purchaser.

The renovation project plans to create five double bedrooms, three en-suite and a further bathroom. It will also benefit from a fabulous open plan family, dining and kitchen room leading to a private terrace on the ground floor. The first floor will offer a more formal reception room and separate study whilst the lower ground floor with private access will be thoughtfully arranged to include a games/TV room and could easily be used as separate accommodation for a live-in nanny.

Richmond Green is one of the only remaining landscapes of London’s medieval past. The Green was laid out as it is today by King Henry Vlll who built properties around the green to house nobility and ambassadors visiting him at his river-front residence of Richmond Palace, whose gatehouse still occupies the South-West flank of the square.
From even earlier, this spot has been a continuous recreation ground. Henry’s father King Henry Vll used the area for jousting tournaments and it continued to be used for this purpose through the middle ages. Modern day recreation on the green takes the form of lazing with a book, watching the bi-weekly cricket matches and strolling to evening performances at the celebrated Richmond Theatre on the Eastern edge of the adjoining ‘Little Green’ or strolling the 250 yards down the pretty Old Palace Lane to the River and Thames path. Richmond Green is almost unique in London in its charm, history and beauty, described in the seminal ‘The Buildings of England’ as “one of the most beautiful urban greens surviving anywhere in England.”

Richmond offers fast mainline links into London Waterloo (17 minutes) and underground links into London Victoria (25 minutes). The local primary schools, Kings House, The Old Vicarage, The Vineyard and St Elizabeth’s Roman Catholic School, are amongst the finest in the country.