{"id":68738,"date":"2023-10-10T14:56:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T14:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/?p=68738"},"modified":"2023-10-10T14:56:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T14:56:05","slug":"richard-burtons-luxury-london-home-goes-on-sale-for-7-95m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/lifestyle\/richard-burtons-luxury-london-home-goes-on-sale-for-7-95m\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Burton's luxury London home goes on sale for \u00a37.95m"},"content":{"rendered":"
A house that once belonged to Hollywood legend Richard Burton has gone on the market for \u00a37.95million –\u00a0and it even boasts a blue plaque.<\/p>\n
Burton, who passed away at 58-years-old in 1984, lived in the luxury\u00a0Hampstead home with his first wife Sybil, from 1949 to 1956.<\/p>\n
The seven bedroom property is described as a ‘rare find’ in the leafy London suburb, where the Hollywood actor lived shortly before making a name for himself as a\u00a0seven times Academy Award nominee.<\/p>\n
Burton, who\u00a0grew up in a working class Welsh mining village, has now got movie lovers talking with the luxurious property, located on Lyndhurst Road.<\/span><\/p>\n The Hollywood star, of Pontrhydyfen, near Port Talbot, South Wales, married five times in total – including twice to Elizabeth Taylor.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A house that once belonged to Hollywood legend Richard Burton has gone on the market for \u00a37.95million<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A spacious living room shows a marble fireplace and decorated\u00a0and ceiling covings<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Burton, who passed away at 58-years-old in 1984, lived in the luxury Hampstead home with his first wife Sybil, from 1949 to 1956 (pictured together in 1964)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As one of seven bedrooms, the main bedroom features a walk-in dressing room and luxurious bathroom with views of the Shard<\/p>\n As well as boasting seven bedrooms, the semi-detached property also has a separate self-contained two-bedroom garden flat.<\/p>\n Buyers can enter the stunning property on the raised ground floor, through the entrance hall and into the inner hall, with a cantilevered staircase.<\/p>\n There is also a spacious drawing room with a marble fireplace and ceiling coving along with a large kitchen leading to the dining room.<\/p>\n The main bedroom features a walk-in dressing room and luxurious bathroom with views of the Shard.<\/p>\n A spacious penthouse studio can be found on the third floor with vaulted ceilings and skylight windows.<\/p>\n It offers plenty of space for guests with an open-plan kitchen as well as a separate ensuite shower room.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A spacious penthouse studio can be found on the third floor with vaulted ceilings and skylight windows<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A large wooden open-plan kitchen leads to the dining room\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Outside there is a terrace and a 60ft long rear garden for entertaining visitors<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Hampstead Village property boasts incredible views of the skyline over London<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Hollywood star, of Pontrhydyfen, near Port Talbot, South Wales, married five times in total – including twice to Elizabeth Taylor<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Katy Brookes, head of sales in Knight Frank’s estate agents, said the home is a ‘rare find on one of Hampstead’s most sought after tree-lined streets’<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Burton, who grew up in a working class Welsh mining village, has now got movie lovers talking with the luxurious property, located on Lyndhurst Road<\/p>\n Outside there is a terrace and a 60ft long rear garden for entertaining visitors.<\/p>\n Katy Brookes, head of sales in Knight Frank’s estate agents, said the home is a ‘rare find on one of Hampstead’s most sought after tree-lined streets.’\u00a0<\/p>\n Mark Pollack, co-founding director of Aston Chase, added: ‘This Blue Plaque house is not only notable due to the provenance of its former famous resident, but it also represents a rare opportunity to purchase a magnificent family home situated in the heart of Hampstead and within easy walking distance of Hampstead Heath.’<\/p>\n The house has a guide price of \u00a37,950,000.<\/p>\n