Gucci’s former Mayfair HQ on market for £55m
Gucci’s former Mayfair HQ has hit the market as a private residence.
The 14,000 sq ft mansion on Grafton Street, W1, can either be bought for £55m, or let for £40,000 a week through Beauchamp Estates.
The Georgian mansion, which served as Gucci’s global HQ between 1998 and 2010, boasts eight bedrooms, classical interiors, a passenger lift, gym, cinema and health club with swimming pool, plunge pool, sauna and steam room and a garage.
Gucci’s former Mayfair HQ has hit the market as a private residence.
The 14,000 sq ft mansion on Grafton Street, W1, can either be bought for £55m, or let for £40,000 a week through Beauchamp Estates.
The Georgian mansion, which served as Gucci’s global HQ between 1998 and 2010, boasts eight bedrooms, classical interiors, a passenger lift, gym, cinema and health club with swimming pool, plunge pool, sauna and steam room and a garage.
It also has spacious garden terrace, first-floor balconies and a sun room on the top floor, while there is a cinema, gym and spa in the basement.
Gary Hersham, founding director of Beauchamp Estates, said: “The former Gucci mansion, the brand’s global HQ, is now Mayfair’s finest house currently for sale or let. It is here that Tom Ford and Domenico De Sole entertained Alexander McQueen, Anna Wintour and François Pinault and where Lord Chancellor Lord Brougham entertained Queen Victoria and the Duke of Wellington. Immaculately dressed, this turnkey mansion with its two floors of entertainment and leisure facilities is perfect for a family who like Gucci want a palatial residence in the heart of Mayfair.”
The neo-classical palace was originally built in 1769-1772 by architect Sir Robert Taylor and developer Edward Gray under the auspices of landowner the Earl of Grafton. It has served as the London home of Lord Chancellor Lord Brougham, and played host to Queen Victoria and the Duke of Wellington.
The mansion became Gucci’s global HQ during its heyday under the leadership of creative director Tom Ford and chief executive Domenico De Sole.
Before the pair moved in, the building underwent a two-year refurbishment, kitting out the rooms in Gucci-designed furniture, including black calfskin sofas and chairs. Ford moved into the first floor drawing room, which has a 20ft high gold-leaf ceiling with ornate Joseph Rose plasterwork, full height windows, parquet flooring and Georgian fireplaces. The penthouse on the fourth floor became De Sole’s executive office.
In 2010, Gucci’s new chief executive Robert Polet decided to relocate the company’s global HQ to Cadempino in Switzerland. Following Gucci’s departure the building was converted back into a house under designs by Donald Insall Associates, which oversaw the restoration of Windsor Castle.
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