An entire terrace in central London could be yours for just £185m.
Zenprop, with a little help from Savills and Aylesbury, is selling numbers 1 to 18 York Terrace East, overlooking Regent’s Park.
The classical columned row was built by the masters of Georgian stucco, John Nash and Decimus Burton, in 1822. Following WW2 bomb damage and conversion to student digs in the 1960s (and an almost immediate fire – students, eh?) many of the original features were lost.
Westminster council has granted planning for the grade I listed terrace to be gutted behind the facade and turned into two five-bedroom townhouses and 26 one to four-bed apartments.
Considering the fact that Christian Candy sold a neighbouring townhouse last month for £104m, someone with deep pockets could stand to make a tidy sum, although some estimate that £90m would need to be spent to sort out the interior.
Plutocrats wanting a parkside palace will be disappointed, as we understand that the council is not keen on it being turned into a single, 117,000 sq ft dwelling.
