A stunning Camberwell house with twelve bedrooms and a spiral staircase is on sale for £4.25 million.
Built around 1871, Brunswick House sits in a secluded plot overlooking picturesque Myatt’s Field Park.
The Victorian property features an outdoor heated swimming pool, six bathrooms, and an annex converted from an old horse and coach house.
Actor William Chubb, who has starred in National Theatre Live productions, bought the house 25 years ago with his late wife.
The detached home is within the Minet Conservation Area, a distinct architectural neighbourhood kick-started by a French Huguenot-descended family in the 1800s.
An advert for the property says: ‘The ground floor is the real hub of the house, being of grand proportions, filled with space and light courtesy of superb ceiling height and large windows.
‘However, it is at once homely, relaxing and well lived in, with the beautiful kitchen providing dreamy views towards the park.’
There is also a ‘peaceful study room’ overlooking an ‘exceptionally large garden’, and French doors leading onto a ‘huge terrace’.
Mr Chubb, also known for starring in the Vampire Academy series, purchased the property with his late wife Cassandra Jardine, a Telegraph features writer, in 1998.
In an article written for the same paper in 2023, her daughter Christabel wrote of the ‘heartbreak’ of selling their ‘happy family home’. The Land Registry lists Mr Chubb as the current owner.
Rumours have swirled that a former Oasis band manager has expressed interest in the property although this has not been confirmed.
The Minet Conservation area has its roots in the Minet family. Descended from French Huguenots, they settled in Camberwell in the late 18th century.
Hughes Minet bought 118 acres in Camberwell from the Tory politician Sir Edward Knatchbull in 1770, using a family fortune made trade and shipping.
The low, flat terrain of Myatt’s Field struggled to attract prosperous house buyers throughout the first half of the 19th century. But when railways were built into Camberwell in the 1860s, it stimulated a demand for housing.
Statues and engravings of kittens adorn many of the houses in the area – a reference to the French translation of ‘Minet’, meaning kitten.
By 1871, under James Lewis Minet, houses on Paulet Road, Knatchbull Road, and the connecting streets were being built.