The Art of Design Issue 39 2019 | Page 58

58 WHEN TWO BECOME ONE – IMPRESSIVE LATERAL APARTMENT ON PARK LANE, WHICH WAS ONCE TWO, ON THE MARKET WITH HARRODS ESTATES Luxury Estate Agent, Harrods Estates is Hyde Park Corner, and more affordable views offering a luxurious four-bedroom apartment of the royal park were provided. By the end which provides an impressive 2,812 sq. ft. for of the 19th century Park Lane was flooded £11,700,000. Once two separate properties, with mansions belonging to aristocrats and a three-bedroom apartment and a one- the wealthy. In the 20th century, this soon bedroom apartment, this stylish home has changed – the mansions and residential been transformed by the previous owners buildings were demolished, making way for into a generous and luxurious lateral smart office buildings, banks and luxurious residence which has been beautifully interior hotels, much like how it stands today. designed for the discerning individual. Many notable names have resided along Situated in desirable Mayfair, the apartment Park Lane, including Robert B. Sherman, is set along the central London location of composer of the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Park Lane. Once a simple country lane on Bang, as well as one of Hollywood’s ‘Golden the boundary of Hyde Park, the 18th century Age’ legends Douglas Fairbank Jr. His four- found aristocratic properties being built here. bedroom party flat was noted as one of Park Lane grew in popularity in the 19th London’s most expensive rentals last year. century after improvements were made to