HOUSE FEATURE
MODERN HOMES
TAVISTOCK
APARTMENTS
New apartment’s striking interiors designed to reflect the
dramatic changing face of Catherine Street and Covent
Garden over the decades.
K
ay & co highlight
that over the
decades some
of london’s
addresses have
had dramatic image makeovers
including name changes,
resulting in new residents,
enhanced reputation and
transformed desirability. The
perfect example of this is two
new apartments that the firm
is marketing in the tavistock, a
new apartment scheme on the
corner of tavistock street and
catherine street. One is cleverly
interior designed to subtly echo
the dramatics change in the
image of catherine street.
to reference the ‘fleet street’
era and bright colours and
exclusive finishes to underline
the current covent garden
setting. Apartment 1 (£3.75
Million) is on the first floor
and apartment 2 (£3.5 Million)
is on the second floor of the
five storey building whose
address is 23 tavistock st.
Both apartments provide three
bedrooms and feature high
ceilings, large sash windows
and c. 1,600 Sq. Ft. Of living
space.
Catherine street, on which the
tavistock stands, was originally
named brydges street and
was immortalised in hogarth’s
Originally known as brydges
street, the address was a
notorious drinking den and
‘red light’ area. Then renamed
catherine street, it became the
first ‘fleet street’ of the capital,
a place for posh newspaper
and magazine production.
Finally, since world war 2 it has
become part of the exclusive
covent garden district, with
boutique shops, restaurants
and glamorous homes.
The dressed apartment at the
tavistock clearly references this
dramatic trio of changes in the
street’s history; with photos
showing the dancing girls of the
brydges street era, a bookcase
of magazines and newspapers
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