London luxury property: £9m period penthouse overlooking Nick Candy's One Hyde Park

Enjoy panoramic views of the city on roof terrace that spans entire apartment

The Hyde Park Place penthouse. Courtesy Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices London

An exterior view at Hyde Park Place. Courtesy Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices London

The impressive private terrace spans the length of the property and provides an unparalleled aspect with unobstructed views above the treeline and across the vast open spaces of Hyde Park. Courtesy Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices London

The apartment is entered through a wide entrance hall with oak parquet flooring leading to an expansive triple reception room. Courtesy Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices London

Gaggenau appliances are used throughout the elegant bespoke open-plan kitchen including ovens, fridge freezer, dishwasher and wine storage.. Courtesy Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices London

The dining area with views out to Hyde Park. Courtesy Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices London

The living room is perfect for relaxing and entertaining. Courtesy Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices London

Floor-to-ceiling sliding patio doors on to the private terrace are combined with an open floor plate. Courtesy Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices London

There is a generous master suite, featuring its own walk-in dressing room and large Carrara marble en suite bathroom with bath and shower facilities.. Courtesy Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices London

The principle guest suite (bedroom two) offers a private dressing area and shower room. This is accompanied by another guest bedroom with en suite bathroom and wardrobe storage. Courtesy Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices London

Featured property…

Hampshire House, 12 Hyde Park Place, Hyde Park, W2 - £9,250,000 ($13m)

Key details…

Luxurious lateral penthouse offering panoramic views across Hyde Park and the city of London.

The redeveloped apartment combines modern convenience with traditional appeal.

It has three large bedroom suites and is situated on the sixth floor of Hampshire House, a period building with 24-hour porters and lift access to every level.

The leasehold apartment is ideal for entertaining, featuring three contemporary reception rooms, which through floor-to-ceiling sliding doors lead on to a private terrace spanning the width of the apartment.

If entertainment is sought outside of the penthouse, it is ideally located for Marble Arch tube station and a network of travel links.

For prospective international purchasers, the Heathrow Express can be taken from nearby Paddington Station.

The backstory...

Charles Dickens lived a few doors down at 5 Hyde Park Place in early 1870 so his daughter Mary could be in town for the "London Season”.

It was here he wrote his final novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Dickens died a few months after its publication.

5 Hyde Park Place wasn’t the Victorian novelist’s only London residence. He also lived in Doughty Street, Bloomsbury, the site of the Charles Dickens Museum.

The Hyde Park setting…

Months of on-off Covid lockdowns have made Londoners thirst for wide open green spaces.

They don’t come much more expansive and green than Hyde Park, the penthouse’s de facto back garden.

Set in the heart of the capital, the sprawling land is home to the sinuous Serpentine river – mecca for cold-water swimmers – the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain and a profusion of spots in which Londoners can exercise, socialise and relax.

It also hosts, in non-pandemic times, a range of world-class events and concerts which the south-facing penthouse overlooks, meaning potential purchasers are not just getting a place to stay but a proxy all-year-round Hyde Park hospitality pass.

What the broker says...

"It was originally constructed as a five bed in the 1970s with low ceilings and wasn't particularly spectacular. However, a few years back a developer transformed it by building out on flat roof space to increase the square footage.

"Now the apartment is a 3.100 sq ft three bed with exceptionally spacious rooms and increased ceiling heights.

"The roof terrace affords the farthest reaching views in Hyde Park and you can see across to the £175 million Nick Candy development at One Hyde Park – which faces north so doesn't get the same amount of sun!

"Behind the penthouse is Connaught Village, a charming period street full of little boutique shops, restaurants and cafes.

"The area is also extremely popular with buyers from the Middle East."

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