Wednesday 6 April 2016 Just your type Homes& Design Property Page 24 NEW HOMES: PARKS AND COMMONS P6 THE PERFECT COMMUTE P8 BRENTFORD REBORN P10 SPOTLIGHT ON SOUTH BANK P36 Special effect Wood-clad extension wins the planners’ hearts: Page 26 DAVID BUTLER DAVID London’s best property search news: homesandproperty.co.uk 4 WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL 2016 EVENING STANDARD Homes & Property | News The ‘Prince of Wales’ stalls Earl’s Court plan Trophy home of ROTESTERS have succeeded the week in halting part of the £8 billion watch Big Earl’s Court redevelopment Ben from rooftop gym in their quest to save two local pub buildings and a street of to time your workout Pworkers’ cottages from the bulldozer. The Prince of Wales and the Imperial Arms in Lillie Road, both now closed £19.95 million: once you have made a mint down, are part of a block which has and found a safe seat in the shires, your next been bought up by Capital & Counties priority as a newly elected MP will be to find a Properties plc — Capco — the developer suitable home near the Palace of Westminster. behind the huge regeneration pro- And here it is. gramme. Designed by Edwin Lutyens in 1911 and sitting Demolition was to have begun at the opposite the magnificent Baroque church of start of this year. But local residents St John’s — now a classical concert hall — have stalled Capco’s plans by success- Mulberry House commands a prominent fully applying to get the Prince of Wales position on the corner of Smith Square and — where the future King Edward VII is Dean Trench Street with views of Big Ben from reputed to have wooed actress Lillie its top-floor gym and roof terrace. Langtry — listed as an asset of commu- The refurbished, Grade II-listed, 11,720sq ft nity value. An application to demolish Officially an that application. The entire block, which home offers entertaining space on a grand the upper floors, reached by a sweeping, all the buildings on the site was refused asset: the former also included a handful of shops, as well scale, including a vast drawing room, a wood- cantilevered staircase and a lift, while a staff by Hammersmith and Fulham council Prince of Wales as houses in Empress Place, has now panelled library and a dining room lined in flat can be found on the lower-ground level. in December pending the outcome of pub, Lillie Road been boarded up for several months. Travertine stone. Seven bedroom suites span Through Hathaways (020 7222 3133). Linda Wade, who chairs the Earl’s Court Area Action Group, hopes Capco will rethink its plans. Editor: “Empress Place was a very nice little Lifechanger Janice enclave of Victorian terrace houses, Morley built for people who worked on the of the week canals and for the Metropolitan Rail- way,” she said. “The Prince of Wales start a B&B VISIT homesandproperty.co.uk/ was a local landmark, one of the differ- rules for details of our usual or open a little ent layers of history which make Lon- promotion rules. When you don so unique. It is almost as if that respond to promotions, offers or shop in the competitions, the London Evening history is being eradicated. Are we just Standard and its sister companies going to become a series of modern Cotswolds may contact you with relevant blocks? Progress is one thing. Eradica- offers and services that may be of tion is another.” £650,000: The Trumpet is a interest. 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Facebook: ESHomesAndProperty • Twitter: @HomesProperty EVENING STANDARD WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL 2016 5 homesandproperty.co.uk powered by News | Homes & Property GETTY BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY BERKSHIRE Ben’s gone next door ÉBEN AFFLECK has both continued finally moved out of the to live at the home he shared with wife house in Pacific Jennifer Garner and their Palisades, LA, three children — and into but now he is the house next door. renting actress After the Batman v Brooke Shields’s Superman star, right, split five-bedroom place, up with the Dallas Buyers above, for £24,000 Club actress last year, they a month. REX Even the tree house Designer chic from is £250,000 Janet’s style guru É A COTSWOLDS barn conversion is ÉA FOUR-BEDROOM home in for sale that would suit fans of the Fulham Road that was once the site rustic-chic styling at Soho of the Boosey & Hawkes musical Farmhouse members club in instruments factory is for sale. Chipping Norton. The building was redesigned by Surrounded by lakes and Andy Greig of Greig Ling architects, By Amira Hashish woodland, the five-bedroom whose client list includes TV’s Loose Gloucestershire home, below, Women presenter Janet Street- Got some gossip? Tweet @amiranews even resembles the exclusive Porter, above. The showstopping haunt frequented by models property boasts a double-height Alexa Chung, right, and Daisy living space with a gallery walkway to Lowe. The main house is for the kitchen. Characterful touches Laird it sale for £1.95 million with include a pair of mirrors in the main Butler Sherborn but if you living area from when the building like Brad can’t afford that, the tree was a Twenties artist’s studio. and house, above, is £250,000 — This contemporary space, below, and you can use the lovely close to Sloane Square and the Royal Angelina grounds, including a tennis Court Theatre, is for sale with The court and stable block. Modern House for £2.5 million. ÉTHE manor house Brad Pitt and Hollywood couple, inset, needed Angelina Jolie called home when most of the 10 bedrooms. Priced at visiting Scotland is available to rent. £5,702 a night with Holiday Lettings, Carnell Estate, above, an imposing the pet-friendly retreat has a 10-acre 16th-century country house in garden that has starred in magazines. Ayrshire, is perfect for lavish parties. Brangelina are now said to be renting With their six children in tow, the an eight-bedroom Surrey property. GETTY 6 WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL 2016 EVENING STANDARD Homes & Property | New homes ONDON has more green space than most world cities. As well as eight immaculate Royal Parks with ornamental and boating lakes, there are Naturally, Lthousands of acres of heath and com- mon land, 600 traditional garden squares, numerous public parks such as London Fields, plus nature reserves and well-kept community spaces we love tucked away in unlikely pockets of the inner city. Being able to get away from the noise and pollution of busy roads into an open green space provides instant the park relief, and is crucial for young families. Every £1 invested in green space con- tributes £30 towards health and wellbe- New homes beside London’s ing, and £23 towards community safety, according to an independent many parks and commons are survey commissioned by the Land being launched for the summer. Trust charity. Homes overlooking parks do cost David Spittles reports more, easily 20 per cent. But affordable properties are springing up alongside parks and even within some of them — often as part of wider regeneration programmes and attention to the natu- ral environment, as city planners pro- mote clean air and the amenity value of open spaces.