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Gordon House, located alongside the River Thames in Richmond, UK, is a Grade II Listed mansion that has recently been restored by Octagon.
Available for sale at £15,000,000 (BD8, 811,000), it is London's largest private riverside residence and has more than 80 metres of direct river frontage.
One of the star features of this historic property is the Robert Adam wing, added in 1738. The great room has an ornate plasterwork ceiling and cornice and original Adam marble fireplace.
One of the last private owners was Lord Kilmorey, a colourful Irish peer, who was passionate about the house and the river. After acquiring the house in 1851, he embellished and extended it, adding the distinctive Victorian Italianate exterior features and clock tower.
After Kilmorey's death, Gordon House and surrounding grounds lost their private residential status, initially becoming a girls' home, then a college, and latterly, the campus for London Brunel University.
Today, with full approval of English Heritage, Gordon House has turned full circle. It has been painstakingly converted and beautifully restored back into a private residence, with the added plus of a new Ballroom, full air conditioning, discreet vehicular access to the property's private underground parking, extensive staff and office accommodation in the adjoining Geoffrey Knight building and former chapel.
Inside the main house and the adjoining office and staff residences, there is a sophisticated comms and security system, making them all efficient to run and supremely comfortable.
Beautifully landscaped formal gardens surround the house, and there is above ground and underground parking for numerous cars, with secure internal pedestrian access from the car park to the main house.
Gordon House is for sale through Joint Selling Agents: Knight Frank Richmond can be contacted on 020 7861 1065 or by visiting www.knightfrank.uk Or contact Featherstone Leigh on 020 8939 2800.
