Galliard Homes has launched Crescent House, a gated development comprising 36 luxury one, two and three-bedroom apartments, including a pair of penthouses
Located just off 220-acre Clapham Common, Crescent House is a 24,757 sqft mock-Tudor crescent-shaped brick and stone building. The three-storey Edwardian manor has a grand Tudor-style entrance, oriel windows with stone casements, friezes, mock-battlements, feature brickwork and mansard roof with dormer windows. 
Between 1086-1936 the historic site was occupied by a grand manor house, known as Grove Lodge, which over the centuries was home to a series of wealthy families including the de Mandeville family (the Earls of Essex), Dr Henry Atkins (physician to King James I and Charles I), William Hewer (friend of Samuel Pepys), Edward Polhill (City of London grandee) and finally Francis Child of the Child & Co banking dynasty. 
In 1936 Grove Lodge was demolished and replaced in 1937 by the current mock-Tudor building, built for and occupied by the Union of Post Office workers, becoming vacant in 2012. The Edwardian building retained the footprint and carriage drive of Grove Lodge; with pairs of peasants (from the coat-of-arms of the Earls of Essex) incorporated into the stone friezes on the building, and the oriel windows recalling the architecture of the original Tudor manor house.
The building’s mock-Tudor Edwardian façade is being retained, but inside Galliard Homes is creating new refurbished interiors and offering buyers a choice of styles and layouts in time for completion in May 2016.
All the apartments have a reception room with an open-plan fitted designer kitchen/breakfast area. All the bedrooms have deep built in wardrobes.
The two and three-bedroom apartments and penthouses have master bedroom suites with ensuite bathrooms/shower rooms.
The two and three-bedroom garden level apartments open onto large private terraced gardens. The penthouses have a main reception room, kitchen/dining space and two bedrooms, and front and rear private rooftop terraces.
Other features include flat screen mounted TVs, mood lighting, Wifi enabled, LED recessed lighting and video entry phone/CCTV security.
Stephen Conway, Chief Executive of Galliard Homes said: “Crescent House is one of the most sought after addresses in Clapham. The elegant Tudor manor house style building will contain outstanding luxury apartments which will appeal to end user buyers wanting to live close to Clapham Common and High Street.” 
David Galman, Sales Director at Galliard Homes said: “This historic hunting lodge site is now being returned to its residential origins through Galliard Homes delivering the best new residential address in Clapham Common. A grand manor style property in this location is extremely rare so we anticipate high demand by people who want a prestigious parkside address, security and lateral living space.”
Prices at Crescent House start from £499,000 for a one-bedroom apartment, £699,000 for a two-bedroom apartment and £1.3 million for a three-bedroom garden apartment. For more information visit: www.galliardhomes.com /020 7620 1500
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