Home in London castle goes on the market... with a £2.75m price tag

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Hatty Collier8 September 2016

A home in an 18th Century castle overloooking one of London's most treasured parks has gone on the market for £2.75million.

The Grade I listed home extends to some 3248 sq ft in Greenwich and is set within two and a half acres of grounds.

It was constructed in 1719 by architect and dramatist John Vanbrugh, whose other works include Blenheim Palace and the stately home Castle Howard in North Yorkshire.

He built the castle as his own residence before it was divided into four sections, in the late 1970s.

The castle gardens 
Cluttons LLP

Described as “a fabulous family home” with five bedrooms, 2 Vanbrugh Castle is on the market with the Cluttons estate agent in leafy Blackheath.

The castle sits at the top of Maze Hill with views of the park, the City and Canary Wharf.

One of the bedrooms
Cluttons LLP

It is situated within the shared two and half acre plot comprising formal lawns, a garden and woodland.

Spread over three floors with a roof terrace, the property has a large reception room, kitchen, bathroom and five double bedrooms.

It also has a rooftop conservatory with a kitchenette.

The rooftop terrace with kitchenette 
Cluttons LLP

It has been claimed that the design of the building was based on the Bastille where Vanbrugh had been imprisoned by the French as a political prisoner for over four years in his youth.

The building may have been referred to as Bastille House before it became better known as Vanbrugh Castle.

Other structures in the grounds designed and built by Vanbrugh included the Nunnery, a second smaller house, which was occupied by his brother Philip, Mince-pie House or Vanbrugh House, which was occupied by his brother Charles and he later added two white towers made from patented white bricks.

Mince-pie House and the Nunnery were later demolished.

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