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HAM COMMON, RICHMOND £500,000 : Share of Freehold HAM COMMON, RICHMOND £500,000 : Share of Freehold LANGHAM HOUSE CLOSE, HAM COMMON, RICHMOND, TW10 7JE A rarely available GRADE II STAR LISTED GROUND FLOOR TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT with authentic features in this prestigious SHARED FREEHOLD development. The Apartment faces directly down the Close towards the open spaces of picturesque Ham Common with its traditional village Pond and cricket pitch. The starred category on its Grade II listing applies to ‘particularly important buildings of more than special interest’ and effectively places this property in the top 8% of all those listed by English Heritage. Built in the 1950s in the former grounds of a Queen Anne house facing the Common, the distinctive layout has sitting room, dining and kitchen areas surrounding a central mellow stock brick chimney stack with mantel, corbel and squint. The lounge and dining areas have floor to ceiling windows and the kitchen has been remodelled to reproduce its former style in a contemporary context. Both bedrooms have wardrobe cupboards and the bathroom has a free standing clawfoot bath with shower over. Stunning location within reach of Ofsted Outstanding Grey Court School in Ham Street which runs from the Common down to the Thames towpath at Ham House (NT) with a ferry over to Marble Hill and a cycle and pedestrian path to Richmond Bridge. To the other side of the Common, Ham Gate Avenue leads directly into Richmond Park. FLOOR PLAN Langham House Close was designed in 1955 and built 1957/58 by James Stirling & James Gowan, It is often referred to in architectural literature as their “Ham Common Flats”. It is considered to be influenced by Le Corbusier’s Maison Jaoul but also includes vernacular touches and ironic features like the concrete ‘gargoyles’. Unlike many significant modernist projects, it was a privately funded development and not social housing. This was Stirling's first major work and led to him designing the Engineering Building at Leicester University in 1963 which established his reputation. His other later works include the History Library at Cambridge, the Performing Arts Centre at Cornell University, the Clore Gallery at Tate Britain, the Braun Factory in Melsungen, the Sackler Museum at Harvard and the Neue Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart. COMMUNAL ENTRANCE : Double entrance doors into a communal hall with tiled floor, stock brick walls and upper gallery in Breton Brut style concrete. Door to exterior store cupboard and entrance door into … ENTRANCE HALL: Double doors to cupboard with double doors above to store locker. SITTING ROOM: Abt. 17 ft 6 x 9 ft 9 max (5.33m x 2.97m max) Windows to front looking down the Close towards the Common, vertical radiator, tiled floor, chimney stack in vernacular stock brick with concrete mantel and corbel, squint through to kitchen area, and open fire with tiled hearth. To each side of the stack are openings through to the DOUBLE ASPECT KITCHEN/DINING AREA: Abt. 17 ft 6 max x 7 ft 9 (5.33m max x 2.36m) Dining area with floor to ceiling front windows to the garden, vertical radiator, wall lights, tiled floor. Kitchen are with fitted cupboards at base and eye level, worktops, tile splashback, inset sink, inset hob, inbuilt twin ovens, integral dishwasher, tiled floor, door to storage cupboard and door to cupboard with Worcester Greenstar combi boiler, window to leafy side aspect, tiled floor, cast iron radiator inset in stack, deeper recess housing fridge freezer. BEDROOM 1: Abt. 13 ft 9 max x 9 ft 9 (4.20m max x 2.96m ) Windows to rear aspect, double doors to inbuilt wardrobe cupboard with cabin locker over, door to additional cupboard, vertical radiator, tiled floor. BEDROOM 2: Abt. 13 ft 9 max x 7 ft 9 (4.18m max x 2.36m ) Window to rear aspect and narrow window to side, vertical radiator, tiled floor, sliding doors to inbuilt wardrobe cupboard. BATHROOM: White suite comprising wash hand basin with mirror backdrop, W.C. and free standing clawfoot bath with shower unit and shower rail over, and wall mirror backdrop, white tiled walls, heated towel rail, window to side. OUTSIDE: Communal gardens to front and rear. About 100m from the entrance to the block, Langham House Close leads directly onto the open spaces of Ham Common. Turning left takes you past the Village Pond down Ham Street to the riverside at Ham House. TENURE Lease of 999 years from 1958 with the freehold held in common by the residents. MAINTENANCE £185 pcm to cover building insurance, cleaning of windows and communal areas, care and up keep of gardens and all general outside maintenance. REF: 2227 These particulars are provided as a general outline only for the guidance of intending buyers and do not constitute, or form any part of, an offer or contract. All descriptions, measurements, implications as to usage, references explicit or implied as to condition and permissions for use and occupation, are given in good faith, but prospective buyers must not rely on them as statements or representations of fact and must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of them. Stated dimensions should not be relied upon for fitting floor coverings, appliances or furniture. None of the services, fittings, appliances, or heating or hot water installations (if any), have been inspected or tested by Mervyn Smith & Co and no warranty can be given as to their working condition. We have been advised by the vendor regarding the outgoings but we have not inspected any accounts and we do not know their terms and conditions. Prospective buyers and their legal advisers will have to establish the exact rights and obligations prior to any legal commitment to purchase. 315 RICHMOND ROAD, KINGSTON UPON THAMES, SURREY, KT2 5QU TEL: 020 8549 5099 WEBSITE: www.mervynsmith.co.uk E-MAIL: [email protected] .
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