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A rarely available GRADE II * LISTED ground floor 1 bedroom apartment in this prestigious
shared freehold development just yards from Ham Common.
The starred * category on Grade II places this property in the top 8% of those listed by
English Heritage and is defined by them as applying to 'particularly important buildings of
more than special interest'.
Designed in the late 1950s by Sir James Stirling & James Gowan, this particular design
provides a bright and roomy triple aspect lounge/dining room with a distinctive chimney breast and squint between the kitchen and reception room.
A covered PATIO BALCONY off the kitchen provides a private outside space with room for a
small table and chairs.
COMMUNAL ENTRANCE DOOR:
Entry phone system, tiled communal hallway, door to shared meter/storage cupboard, door to flat 1.
ENTRANCE HALL:
Entry phone handset, wood flooring, double doors to cupboard.
RECEPTION ROOM: Abt. 19'11 x 10'2 (6.07m x 3.09m)
Triple aspect room with windows to front, rear & side aspects. Brick built stack, squint & concrete mantel (painted white) with inset flame effect gas fire. Wood floor, glazed door access to kitchen, two radiators, wall light fitments.
KITCHEN: Abt. 17'1 x 5'7 (5.16m x 1.68m)
Original style dividing/storage unit, units fitted at base level, inset one and a half bowl stainless steel sink unit, inset oven, inset gas hob with extractor over, wood floor, double doors to pantry cupboard, door to cupboard currently housing fridge/freezer, locker cupboard over doorway, window to front and glazed door to balcony.
PRIVATE
COVERED BALCONY:
Abt 5'6 x 5'1
(1.7m x 1.56m)
Space for table & chairs.
BEDROOM: Abt. 14' x 9'10 (4.27m x 3.00m )
Double-aspect room with window to side and window to rear with fanlight over. Double doors to inbuilt in wardrobe cupboards. Radiator. Wood floor.
BATHROOM:
Three piece white suite comprising wash hand basin, W.C. & tiled panel enclosed bath with
wall mounted shower unit over and shower curtain, radiator, casement window, part tiled walls.
OUTSIDE: Communal gardens to side and rear.
STORAGE CUPBOARD:
Off the communal entrance hall with storage lockers for each flat plus the electric meters.
Langham House Close was designed in 1955 and this block built 1957/58 by James Stirling & James Gowan. The development is usually referred to in the architectural literature as their "Ham Common Flats". It reflects the influence of Le Corbusier's Maison Jaoul and the De Stijl Group but
mixes the modern with the vernacular. Paradoxically for a development often thought of part of the 'brutalist' movement, it is self consciously over designed with touches of irony like the concrete 'gargoyles', and it was a privately funded development rather than social housing. This was Stirling's first major work and led on to him designing the Engineering Building at Leicester University in 1963 which confirmed his reputation. Other later buildings include the History Library at Cambridge, the Clore Wing at the Tate and the Braun Factory in Germany.
LEASE 999 years from 1958 and the freehold held in common by the residents.
MAINTENANCE
£TBC pcm to cover building insurance, cleaning of windows and communal areas, care and up keep of gardens and all general outside maintenance.
REF: 1257
For clarification, we wish to inform all prospective purchasers that we have prepared these
sales particulars as a general guide. We have not carried out a detailed survey, nor tested
the services, appliances and specific fittings. Room sizes should be relied upon as a guide only.
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