"So what was Tim's house is basically the family house and I kept my bedroom and my kitchen. "And I did always think, 'God, wouldn't it be ideal if Mister Right lived next door because then I'd have room to put the bedrooms in?' I did not have room to house children, put it that way. "The double house is not really two houses, it's two small houses that have been put together. "It's very sensible - and luckily I've kept both houses now. She said: "The double house is entirely civilised. The former couple - who have children Billy, 16, and Nell, 11, together - famously had London homes next door to one another which were linked and the 'Crown' actress has praised her "generous" ex-partner for allowing her to keep the two properties, although it does make her feel like an "alien person" because she sleeps in one abode and the kids stay in another. It even features some of Chareau’s furniture and light fittings, according to the listing details.Helena Bonham Carter kept "both houses" when she split from Tim Burton. It employed 1930s construction methods for the exposed shuttered concrete ceilings, and, like its Paris predecessor, there are visible structural elements, such as exposed steel beams with expressed mechanical bolts. Mostly created by English craftspeople, it is set on a cobbled courtyard now known as Eglon Mews, which was once home to the Mayfair Recording Studios, formerly stables and barns.Įglon House is a homage to Maison de Verre, a modernist masterpiece known for being a pioneer of the live/work concept. in a real estate bubble? We'll discuss it this Friday during this week's Barron's Live.ĭesigned by architecture practice Chassay & Last, with Russell Sage design studio, the property took six years to build from scratch and was completed in 2016 with steel beam, glass and concrete elements. Prior to that, the home was last for sale in 2018 for £21 million with The Modern House. It was relaunched with Aston Chase last week with dressed interiors. A space like this is a rarity in prime central London.”Įglon House was briefly listed late last year but was removed from the market. “It combines large lateral studio spaces with intimate residential parts and successfully blurs the boundary between the two. “There is a prescience in the design of Eglon House in how it meets the demands of the world we now find ourselves in,” said Howard Kayman, associate director of Aston Chase. Elsewhere, it has a staircase made from pitch-pine and grout mixed with Portland stone, Lebanese cedar combined with patinated Italian marble and a bespoke kitchen. There is a further bedroom and bathroom in the basement, alongside a pool which has a mechanical floor and waterproof screen, allowing it to function as a cinema room. The two upper floors contain three bedrooms, three bathrooms and a study, according to the sales details. It has a grid-like steel frame, a glass facade, and a ground floor with a double-height living room and kitchen, which open onto the courtyard. The west wing, meanwhile, is a smaller, more intimate building, with an art deco atmosphere. More: London Townhouse on the Former Chelsea Porcelain Factory Site Lists for £9 Million The first floor has a primary bedroom suite with a copper roll top bath, while the second floor features a living room and orangery. It has a central grand salon with a sweeping galleried level containing a professional kitchen and dining room. He utilized the east wing of the house to write and produce the 2019 movie “Dumbo” and the west wing to provide accommodation for executives and staff working on the film, according to Aston Chase.Įglon House’s larger, east wing has a fully glazed facade with glass block sections, which recalls the industrial-style architecture of Maison de Verre. Set across two buildings, with 13,000 square feet of living space, the five-bedroom London property proved useful for Mr. Tim Burton rented the home for three years from 2016, a few months after it was built.Īccording to selling agent Aston Chase, the U.S.-born director rented the home for three years from 2016, a few months after it was built.
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