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Wednesday 14 September 2016 Hang out with Homes& the designers The big shows open Property Page 12 POSH PADS FOR UNI KIDS P8 LOVE HERTS P9 FOCUS/DECOREX P16 GARDENING P24 SPOTLIGHT ON KENTISH TOWN P32 Discover hidden new homes Quietway routes launch across London this autumn: Page 6 J BEWLEY/SUSTRANS London’s best property search news: homesandproperty.co.uk 4 WEDNESDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2016 EVENING STANDARD Homes & Property | News Locals fight homes plan for gasworks Trophy SHOWDOWN is looming home of over plans to demolish the week Fulham Gasworks in Imperial Road and put perfect pile for 1,375 homes in blocks of Aup to 27 storeys high on the 17-acre entertaining site, writes Ruth Bloomfield. Residents are preparing to fight the your grand, destruction of one of London’s last surviving Victorian gasworks, with horsey friends its six redundant gas holders and disused industrial buildings, claiming the new towers will ruin £2 million: when home in Jacobean staircase leading to including five looseboxes and views and overcrowd the area, in one the week is a grand London an opulent master suite. a beamed groom’s flat above. of the most expensive parts of the mansion, the weekend There are five further Other outbuildings include a capital. country pile must match up. bedrooms, an attic games gym and coach house. Kensington & Chelsea council is Historic Elberton Old Manor room and an impressive Beautiful walled gardens considering the planning application does just that with its kitchen perfect for dotted with ancient trees, a for the multimillion-pound project, spectacular setting in open entertaining, plus a triple- manège and access to eight which would also include new shops, Gloucestershire farmland. aspect drawing room, dining more acres — available to buy restaurants and offices, along with a The Grade II-listed manor room, media room and — complete the package. park featuring one of the salvaged Prime site: 1,375 Seventies. After that the site was retains plenty of original studio. A two-storey barn Through Hamptons (0117 gas holders. Berkeley Group is the homes in blocks decommissioned and used as a car character including a houses equestrian facilities 407 2065). developer, and the National Grid up to 27 storeys breakers’ yard. Plans for its owns the site. high could redevelopment have been under However, Kensington & Chelsea replace Fulham discussion for several years. planners fear the cluster of Gasworks in Documents submitted by Berkeley Lifechanger skyscrapers will ruin views from Imperial Road and National Grid promise the Brompton Cemetery and “loom brownfield site will become an of the week above” Chelsea Academy school, “exemplary” new neighbourhood while impacting on period homes in between Fulham and Imperial make wine and around the lower reaches of Wharf, with glazed towers King’s Road and Fulham Road. interspersed with lower, red-brick in Devon “No justification is provided as to buildings. at Château how the impact of these alien and A decision on the site is not overscaled towers could be deemed expected until late this year or early Honiton beneficial,” said Graham Stallwood, next year. If approved, the project the council’s executive director of will join the ongoing redevelopment £1.95 million: wine planning and borough development, of the adjacent Lots Road Power connoisseurs with a who is also concerned about the Station, which is already being handsome budget will love impact of an influx of hundreds of converted into new homes. this East Devon farmhouse in new residents on local schools and A spokeswoman for the developer the rolling hills of Honiton, Seyval blanc, a sand school room warmed by an Aga. The stations. said: “This is all at a relatively early where you can, in a very real and posh stables for a fine sitting room and study each The Chelsea Society and Lots stage in the planning process. We sense, mix the grape with the collection of horses, plus have a wood burner, and the Village Residents Association are have done a significant amount of grain. Southcote Farm sits in traditional and modern farm five bedrooms and three objecting to the plans, underlining consultation pre-application. This some 54 acres of arable buildings. The house itself bathrooms enjoy glorious concerns that homes will be includes three public exhibitions farmland, including 20 acres has been renovated into a views over the vines and overshadowed by the new towers. which were well attended. We plan to of vineyards with plantings gorgeous country home with countryside. Call Knight Fulham Gasworks opened in 1824, work together with everybody of Pinot Noir, Bacchus and an impressive kitchen/dining Frank (020 8012 3483). replacing market gardens and involved and listen to all their orchards, and operated until the comments.” London buy of the week riverside strolling Editor: and leafy open spaces on your Putney doorstep Janice £499,950: if you love walks Morley by the Thames and strolling in leafy local parks, this VISIT homesandproperty.co.uk/ double-bedroom flat in West rules for details of our usual Putney could be for you. promotion rules. When you The location is perfect for respond to promotions, offers or both Putney and Barnes competitions, the London Evening Commons, and for the river Standard and its sister companies and Putney High Street’s may contact you with relevant shops and restaurants. On offers and services that may be of the second floor of a period interest. 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Facebook: ESHomesAndProperty • Twitter: @HomesProperty EVENING STANDARD WEDNESDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2016 5 homesandproperty.co.uk powered by News | Homes & Property Marcus looks Here’s a hot deal for fans of the Fab Four after his mum É A FIREPLACE reclaimed from É MANCHESTER UNITED forward the Beatles’ Marcus Rashford has moved his mother Abbey Road and two brothers into a luxurious Studios in NW8 is home. now a feature in a The footballer, right, who reportedly Georgian earns £25,000 a week, is thought to be maisonette in spending £5,000 a month to rent a six- Clerkenwell that’s bedroom house in posh Hale in for sale with Fyfe Cheshire, valued at about £800,000. Mcdade at His family will enjoy three floors of £1.5 million. space, their own personal cinema, and The fireplace a sauna in the garden. was in situ during Rashford, 18, who grew up on the the Sixties “Fab Wythenshawe council estate in Four” era, right. Manchester, is reportedly treating the The three- rented place as a temporary measure bedroom, two- for his family while he has a £1 million bathroom home home built at a secret location nearby. is close to Angel While Rashford has come to fame and station, and a fortune early in life, his mum says she 10-minute walk is there to make sure he stays from buzzing grounded and invests his money wisely. RETUERS Upper Street. GETTY w GETTY Jennifer has sold up. Now she’s hungry for NYC By Amira Hashish É OSCAR WINNER Jennifer Lawrence, O For more celebrity above, named by Forbes as highest- gossip, visit paid actress in Hollywood for the homesandproperty. second year running, has sold the co.uk/gossip Santa Monica home she bought for £662,000 in 2006 for £866,000. The Hunger Games star bought the property just before she shot to fame — but now that little old house can go. Only 20 blocks from the beach, it is in one of California’s hotspots. Nevertheless, Lawrence had to drop Fifty shades of sun at EL James’s new pad the price. The 1,413sq ft, two-bedroom property was originally on the market É FIFTY Shades of Grey author EL James, left, has floor-to-ceiling windows that open on to for £1.27 million. has splashed out on a sprawling property in private landscaped grounds with multiple She now lives in Beverly Hills, where the Hollywood Hills. The British writer bought terraces, a rear patio overlooks the pool and she owns a five-bedroom house worth a detached Thirties family home in west spa and of course, there’s a walk-in wine room. £6.02 million. London three years ago for £2.65 million after Before her Fifty Shades success, James lived Rumour has it that the actress is also her erotic novel trilogy sold 100 million copies in a modest £350,000 terrace house in west on the hunt for an apartment in New and brought a major film deal. London with screenwriter husband Niall York’s upmarket Tribeca district and Her latest home, above, is a £5.4 million, five- Leonard and their two sons. These days the has a budget of £9 million to bedroom, 5,616sq ft giant. The master suite couple split their time between London and LA. £13.5 million to play with. GETTY ! $ ! " $ " " " % "% "!" "!! "% # " % %" " % %" 6 WEDNESDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2016 EVENING STANDARD Homes & Property | New homes Find your new neighbourhood on the Quietways cycling network On National Cycle to Work Day David Spittles discovers homes along TfL’s peaceful new bike routes linking the suburbs to the centre From £1,595,000: duplex apartments at 64 Grove Lane, Camberwell Grove SE5 UIETWAYS, a revolution- central London.