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One of the best things about London is its skyline, its sprawl of instantly-recognisable landmarks that poke up into the sky above. Many Londoners might be able to see at least part of the capital’s skyline from home, but if you wanted to see the entire thing from your abode, we might have just the thing.
A converted Victorian tower in Woolwich has just gone on the market, featuring five bedrooms, three bathrooms and views for days. It could be all yours for a measly £1.75 million.
Built in 1896, the prominent nine-storey tower used to serve the Brook Fever Hospital, where patients with infectious diseases were treated, and was capable of holding 20,000 gallons of water. It was converted into a stylish home in the early 2000s.
These days the tower looks really very swish indeed. Alongside the bedrooms and bathrooms, the property is spread over more than 3,860 square feet, has a private garden and features a tower top observatory with a wrap-around balcony and a glass sitting room. Needless to say, it isn’t a home for anyone with a fear of heights: at 40 metres high, it’s around the same as nine double decker London buses stacked on top of each other. Thankfully, it’s been fitted with a lift.
On blue-skied sunny days you can apparently see as far as Wembley – all the way on the other side of the capital. Here’s what the place looks like.
Pretty dreamy, eh. You can find more pics on the Rightmove listing here. And if you’ve got a spare £1.75 million? You can book a viewing on Rightmove, too.
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