On pristine, Neoclassical Chester Terrace, in Regent’s Park, originally designed by John Nash and built by James Burton in 1825, a magnificent Grade I Listed 4,185sq.ft. (388.8 sq.m) five-bedroom house overlooking Regent’s Park, with two grand reception rooms, passenger lift to all floors, cinema room and private roof terrace is for sale via Beauchamp Estates.
Chester Terrace is fronted by a Nash-designed communal garden, separating it from the Outer Circle, and is served by private residents’ security. On the ground floor the grand townhouse has a spacious entrance hall, formal dining room and an adjoining family kitchen/breakfast room.
Announced by two Corinthian triumphal arches at either end, bearing at the top the terrace’s name in large lettering on a blue background, said to be London’s grandest street signs, Chester Terrace and its astonishing architecture has long been a magnet for A-Listers and famous household names, past and present.
The roll call of homeowners and residents who have called Chester Terrace home include artist Aubrey Beardsley, Air Marshal Sir John Salmond, Lord and Lady Glenconner, Edward and Anne Tennant; politician John Profumo (whose lover Christine Keeler lived in nearby Chester Close North); and actors Sir Ralph Richardson and Sacha Baron Cohen.
PERFECTLY PLACED
Perfectly placed for the upscale boutiques and eateries of Marylebone Village, the residence on Chester Terrace provides a London home suited to both urban family life and entertaining on a grand scale.
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The beautifully restored home provides voluminous high-ceilinged light-filled living spaces, meticulously interior designed and beautifully presented.
On the first floor is an interconnecting ‘L’ shaped double reception room, providing a main drawing room to the front facade, opening onto a first floor balcony, and a living room/study to the rear.
The principal bedroom suite occupies the entire second floor with a spacious bedroom, walk-in dressing room and main bathroom.
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There are three further bedrooms (one ensuite) and a family bathroom on the third floor. On the top floor of the house is a spectacular private rooftop garden with space for sun loungers and outside dining chairs and table. The lower ground floor has a family/cinema room, a fifth bedroom and a utility room/garage.
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The reception hall has marble floor tiling, crystal chandelier and Art Deco style wall lights, with the curved staircase featuring its original 1820s balustrade.
Off the hallway are the passenger lift and family kitchen, with parquet flooring, elegant cabinetry and Miele appliances. The dining room has dark wooden parquet flooring, original fireplace, floor-to-ceiling arched windows and elegant chandelier.
The double reception room on the first floor offers exceptionally high ceilings, with the main drawing room floodlit by floor-to-ceiling sash windows, which provide access to a 24ft long balcony with views across Regent’s Park to Queen Mary’s Rose Garden.
The second floor is devoted to the principal bedroom suite, which has its own dressing room and luxurious en-suite bathroom, designed with floor-to-ceiling mirroring and Calacatta marble.
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Jeremy Gee, Managing Director of Beauchamp Estates, says: “This magnificent fully modernised Grade I Listed house in Regent’s Park retains all its fine period features, alongside beautiful interiors, and is presented in immaculate turn-key condition, complete with a private roof terrace with spectacular views over Regent’s Park.”
Rosy Khalastchy, Head of Beauchamp Estates (St John’s Wood), says: “This five-bedroom house on tranquil Chester Terrace offers pristine Regency architecture with high-ceilinged, voluminous living spaces, just moments from Marylebone Village.
“The large entertaining spaces, roofgarden, luxurious principal bedroom suite and passenger lift with access to all floors make this an exceptional London home for a discerning buyer.”
With the Outer Circle and other Regent’s Park roads closed at night, Chester Terrace is wonderfully tranquil but ideally located within an easy stroll of some of London’s most vibrant neighbourhoods, including Marylebone, Fitzrovia and London’s West End.
The house on Chester Terrace is available for £9,950,000 (leasehold).
