When I was "commuting" from London to Cardiff and back, I often took the Megabus, since it was about £10 compared to £100 on the train. The route took us through Chelsea, along the Thames and out to the A4 to the M4 to Cardiff. I would pass a row of houses that I just adored. They were so intesting and like nothing I'd seen before. I fell in love.
Today, I was reading the Guardian and saw that one of them is for sale! Here's the description: Four bedrooms, 
open-plan reception cum kitchen, 
two bathrooms and a vault. 
Designed for bachelor artists, this startling terrace has an outsized atrium window which dominates the huge triple-height living area. 
Philippe Starck lavs, a whirlpool bath and Chinese slate floor make up for the A4, which zooms past the front door. Price: £1.575m ($2.32 million).
open-plan reception cum kitchen, two bathrooms and a vault. Designed for bachelor artists, this startling terrace has an outsized atrium window which dominates the huge triple-height living area. Philippe Starck lavs, a whirlpool bath and Chinese slate floor make up for the A4, which zooms past the front door. Price: £1.575m ($2.32 million).
Here's the description of this incredible bathroom: Wash hand basin surrounded by Moroccan tiles with storage cabinet below with wooden Moroccan screen front, window to rear garden fronted by glassed wooden Moroccan screen, Philippe Starck-designed wc, wet room with Moroccan style ornate stained glass window.Shame it's out of my price range.
Images: John D. Wood & Co.
It's worth it for the ceiling alone.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness -absolutely fab!
ReplyDeleteEvery detail is perfect for me - when can I move in?
Whoa - that window - that room - that ceiling. I so can see you and your doggie there! I adore this - the facade is to die for too. just wonderful - can't believe you found it - good eye.
ReplyDeleteJoni
Are these in Tite Street? I think I've been in one, many moons ago, and not refurbished. The bed might be a bit scary - you'd have to be sure you weren't too careless about falling out of it!
ReplyDeleteLove the exterior, love the interior. What a great house.
ReplyDeleteI feel like we have been making a parallel journey in the last few weeks - I always look at these houses on my way to and from Heathrow! I think they were artists studios originally - they are fab but shame about the commuter road in front. Could be a little noisy...
ReplyDeletewow windows
ReplyDeleteColumnist... Telgarth Road, along the A4 in Hammersmith. If you're heading to Heathrow, they're on the left.
ReplyDeleteThe windows are an architectural delight!
ReplyDeleteI think that window could make up for a multitude of sins — including a highway out front. Just keep the music going inside and a fountain in the garden to mask it ...
ReplyDeleteWhat a great house! Great curb appeal!..that bed...it would be a bit of a challenge when nature calls in the middle of the night! :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful though!
Ivy... that's my thought exactly!
ReplyDeleteYes, I remember them. There are similar ones in Tite Street too, and it's a lot quieter than Talgarth Road. A number of famous artists lived in Tite Street, including Augustus John, John Singer Sargeant. Oscar Wilde lived at number 34. Vide:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.rbkc.gov.uk/vmtours/chelseawalk/vm_cw_titestreet.asp
Y.U.M.
ReplyDeleteThat triple high living room with the atrium window. I bet the light is awesome in there.
Oh the library :)
ReplyDeleteI've never seen anything like that before! What an amazing house (but for some reason looks frigidly cold to me!)
ReplyDeleteArchitect... i am sure that it's because the house has been styled to within an inch of its life!
ReplyDeleteWow. I'm in love.
ReplyDeletei'm stealing these images for my picture files! the exterior is singular...stunning! i'm with courtney on this one...the library is my favourite room. that said, the huge triple-height living area is a close second : ) a lot of gorgeousness end-to-end!
ReplyDeleteps i love that it was designed by frank wheeler in 1890 'to suit the requirements of bachelor artists' ; )
I LOVE this house too!
ReplyDeleteI think I know these houses. Always visualized what the interior behind that beautiful big window would look like.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting about it
I have loved that terrace of houses for a long time too, having first seen them from the vantage point of a taxi back in the 1980s. It's a shame the interiors don't reference, say, the days of Whistler. Surely those massive windows lit artist's studios.
ReplyDeleteAL... if I am remembering correctly, the windows are north-facing.
ReplyDeleteOh my...
ReplyDeleteSweet ceiling - just love it...and the library, oh I am tasting envy this morning!
ReplyDeleteI just can't figure out where everything fits in... the kitchen and studio are on the top level, I am guessing. But everything else?
ReplyDeletei LOVE that house too :)
ReplyDeleteAnne
Amazing! The windows are fantastic. And what a nice thing to see during your commute!
ReplyDeleteWe LOVE that house, too. The exterior looks like a modern day fairy tale (perhaps a bit "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing it!
S+S
Bachelor-artists must do rather well for themselves.
ReplyDeleteThat atrium window! And a very nice library to boot. Shame about the road being right there. Storm windows appear to be out of the question.
I remember passing these amazing Victorian artists studios on the way in from Heathrow and always wondering about them...
ReplyDeleteTHANKS!
Carolg
And here's a link to some history on these studios, one of them formerly John Singer Sargent's.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.jssgallery.org/Resources/Photos/Places/Tite_Street.htm