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O Visit homesandproperty.co.uk/flatsale or homesandproperty.co.uk/housesale EVENING STANDARD WEDNESDAY 1 APRIL 2015 3 homesandproperty.co.uk with News Homes & Property Homes gossip By Amira Hashish Got some gossip? Tweet Take a glimpse into @amiranews political history Buy Kate’s chart topper Holiday with RiRi for £75m É ARUNDELLS, which sits in ÉKATE BUSH’S former home, É JOHN MORPHET, 56, with the resort’s facilities Salisbury’s Cathedral Close and named Wuthering Heights after the a Cumbrian farmer- and beach. There is backs on to water meadows made singer-songwriter’s chart-topping turned-caravan park planning permission for famous by painter John Constable, debut single, attracted much owner, is selling Royal more homes, with 30 plots was the home of former prime attention when it went on the market Westmoreland, the luxury currently available, as well minister Sir Edward Heath, below. — but the grand six-bedroom house Caribbean holiday as a hotel and a second Considered to be one of the loveliest in south-east London has not sold complex for the rich and 18-hole golf course. houses in England, it recently after five months. famous that he bought reopened to the public for the new The 5,333sq ft Victorian home in in 2004. The price is season until November, and is staging Eltham has now been re-listed at £75 million. exhibitions celebrating the former £2.6 million — £150,000 lower than Sports stars Wayne Bexley MP’s long parliamentary the original asking price — with Alan Rooney, Gary Lineker, career and his place in the history de Maid. Michael Vaughan, Freddie books as the first state-educated Bush, left, lived there from 1985 to Flintoff and Joe Calzaghe Conservative prime minister. 2003. One of the bedrooms was a all own villas at the The house remains largely as it dance studio, and a big walk-in Barbados golf resort, and was when he lived there, with a mix wardrobe she used for storing her pop star Rihanna, right, is of political, sailing and musical flamboyant costumes is still in situ. also said to be a big fan. memorabilia reflecting his career Wrought iron gates proclaim the Morphet acquired the and private passions. Homeware property’s name, at the entrance estate, which now includes includes a desk owned by Lloyd to landscaped acres which include 225 holiday homes, after George, a pair of 18th-century vases a tree house and a garden bar. selling a chunk of his from the Qing dynasty presented by successful UK leisure Chairman Mao, and paintings and O homesandproperty.co.uk/kate business for £100 million drawings by L S Lowry and John and going on holiday to the Nash. Arundells will also feature in a island, where he fell in love BBC programme about Heath. REX Cruise is on a mission: seeking a buyer with £8.6 million for his bolt-hole in LA É TOM CRUISE has spent recent sell his luxurious three-bedroom months in London filming home in the Los Angeles hills, far scenes for Mission: Impossible — right. It boasts a surprisingly Rogue Nation, at landmarks large four-bedroom guesthouse including the Tower of London in the 2½-acre grounds, along and Piccadilly Circus. with an outbuilding The London sequences will form that could be used as key moments in the film, which is a wine cellar. due for a speedy release in July. Cruise’s price, Cruise, right, has been spending should you choose to so much time away from accept it, is a cool REX Tinseltown that he has decided to £8.6 million. REX 4 WEDNESDAY 1 APRIL 2015 EVENING STANDARD Homes & Property Easter house hunt: new homes homesandproperty.co.uk with It’s all about the view: at 21 Wapping Lane, penthouses come with City views from every room, including the kitchen, left. For an even more spectacular vista, check out the view from the show home at One Tower Bridge, right, for £5.85 million PACE-PLANNING and good architecture that is sensitive to its location are the drivers behind the new homes DESIGNERS launches this Easter. SWith interiors becoming more thoughtfully planned and priority being given to low energy use and GET THE innovation in building materials, new homes have to be efficient to run and safe and healthy places in which to raise a family to impress buyers. Homes for young first-timers are BIG PICTURE fitted out with affordable furniture, and this year sees the return of stylish Architects are creating new homes linoleum and polished concrete surfaces, with paints and materials sensitive to London’s much-loved iconic chosen from high street ranges so that buyers can easily maintain “the look”. areas, discovers David Spittles There is still room, however, for decadent cabaret and burlesque apartments with floor-to-ceiling win- leaseback deals.