Eaton square, sw1 September 27, 2012 Guide price: £6.95m This southwest facing four-bedroom lateral apartment is located in the prestigious Eaton Square. With windows on all three sides of the flat, it has beautiful views over the gardens, St Peter’s Church and up to Belgrave square. Contact knightfrank.co.uk or 020 7881 7722
Hans crescent, sw1 September 27, 2012 Guide price: £6.95m This is a stunning example of Victorian exuberance, with mock Tudor detailing on the third and fourth floors. Located on the first floor, this three-bedroom apartment has contemporary interiors finished with the most luxurious materials. Contact struttandparker.com or 020 7235 9959
Ebury square, sw1 September 27, 2012 Guide price: £3.5M-£24m These apartments are like owning your own five-star hotel. It is no surprise as the interior has been designed by Martin Goddard, the architect of luxury hotels around the world.Apartments range from two to four-bedrooms. Contact berkeleygroup.co.uk or 020 7118 9111
Chapel street, sw1 September 27, 2012 Guide price: £8.45m This semi-detached period house covers 4,541 sq ft. The property has four bedrooms (three of them en suite) a dressing suite, drawing room, dining room and media room, to name but a few living spaces. Contact kmightfrank.co.uk or 020 7881 7722
Eaton square, sw1 September 27, 2012 Guide price: £30m This huge four-bedroom apartment is one of Belgravia’s most prestigious addresses. Spanning the first and second floor, this is one of the most magnificent and grandest living spaces on the square. Contact savills.co.uk or 020 7581 5234
The first pioneer of modern architecture September 27, 2012 Charles Voysey is considered to be one of the first originators of British modern architecture. The English architect, textile and furniture designer created around fifty buildings, many of which sadly no longer stand today. A number of his houses have recently emerged on the market, creating a renewed interest in this somewhat forgotten figure. Voysey [...]
Holy Motors is an instant cult hit September 27, 2012 FILM HOLY MOTORS Cert 18 | ***** After 13 years without making a single feature film, Leos Carax returns with an insane, anxiety-dream of a movie. Holy Motors is spectacularly, joyously weird. It’s unashamedly high-concept, but there’s enough dark, clownish humour to prevent it from ever being boring or grandiloquent. Holy Motors is a day [...]
Looper wants to be a Matrix for a new generation. In reality, it is nothing more than a forgettable, if engaging, sci-fi romp September 27, 2012 FILM LOOPER Cert 15 | *** Looper is one of those movies that keeps you engaged but then leaves you feeling slightly empty. Set in the year 2044, when the world is something of a mess, powerful criminal groups run the city and everywhere is awash with drug-taking, law breaking delinquents. The “looper” is prince [...]
Ferrell’s zaniness is a mismatch for the satirical humour of The Campaign September 27, 2012 FILM THE CAMPAIGN Cert 15 | ** Jay Roach’s new film The Campaign takes inspiration from the current US election – particularly, it would seem, the Republican primaries – with its depiction of two North Carolinians vying for a seat in congress. Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) is the folksy, Rick Perry-esque favourite, campaigning on the [...]
This clichéd war flop is a real aircrash September 27, 2012 FILM CROSS OF HONOR Cert 15 | * Cross of Honour takes place during the beginning of World War Two. The RAF and the Luftwaffe are locked in an aerial battle for strategically important, mineral-rich Norway. During a chance skirmish, two planes – one British and one German – are shot down in a snow-covered [...]
