Yahoo Finance London skinny house built by Mystery Jets’ rockstar architect Henry Harrison is for sale for first time in two decades
A west London skinny house built to an architect-turned-rockstar’s incredible space-creating designs is on the market for £1.795 million.
The house is just 4.1 metres wide and was built on a narrow infill plot between two houses in 1987 by architect Henry Harrison, who would later become a member of indie band the Mystery Jets alongside his son.
Harrison lived at number 27 Ceylon Road in Brook Green when he bought the land next door and built a three-bedroom house on it, using bricks from the remnants of some large houses nearby that had been demolished. He later sold number 27 to Daniel Day-Lewis, who lived there with Isabelle Adjani in the early Nineties, although he was renting it out by the time Jane Gregory moved in next door.
The literary agent, who represents some of the UK’s best thriller writers including Val McDermid and Minette Walters, is now selling up and moving out of London after 20 years.
“The house has very happy memories of parties and dinners. It’s a very good entertaining house. It’s very light, not at all like a Victorian terrace,” she says.
Gregory said when she moved in she took out special insurance because the house had been built under laws in the Enclosure Act, whereby the owner of an uninhabited plot of land is allowed to reclaim it if they return within 20 years of it being built on.
Despite the narrow plot, Harrison created 1,587sq ft of living space over four floors using a clever mezzanine layout, while windows in the roof and across the double-height living space fill the house with light. The entire top floor is home to a bedroom suite and the house has a 36ft garden.
“This is a truly wonderful contemporary home that just oozes character and charm. The high-profile connections really add to the narrative here, however, the size and unique design combine to create a special property that provides an oasis of calm in the heart of the city,” Paul Cosgrove, director at Finlay Brewer who are marketing the property.
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