House in Highgate cemetery

[Mitre10]

Was just browsing estate agents websites out of curiosity and came across this:

Am interesting location indeed.

Surprised it got planning - I thought Highgate cemetery was listed or is that just one section of it?


http://search.knightfrank.com/ham070271

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I know where that house is. It's not in the cemetery, it's on a road that runs along the edge of the cemetery....that's just the back of the house as seen from the cemetery.

 

[butchersapron]

Designed by John Winter - link says it was demolished/planned demolition.

edit ah it seems that this house is built on top of the old one.

 

[Mitre10]

Ah, that explains it a bit more, cheers Mrs M and Butchers.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Glass house, by the cemetry...No thank you.

 

[London_Calling]

In September 2002 Charles and Jemima bought their dream plot here in Highgate, North London. Charles is a City banker and they always intended Jemima would become Project Manager for what would be their family home. Unfortunately Jemima became pregnant three weeks into the build, Charles and his friends collapsed the entire economy, the cheap Eastern European labour disappeared with the plumbing and now the couple are running out of funds . . . right now. Will their lives lay in ruin of will a bank bung them another £50,000? Find out after the break . . .

/Kevin

 

[trashpony]

Glass house, by the cemetry...No thank you.

I have to say that even though I love Highgate, I'm not sure I'd want massive glass windows overlooking it

I wonder who would buy it. A modernist goth

 

[London_Calling]

I just remembered we walked down Swains Lane on that . . . walk.

 

[Dillinger4]

I have to say that even though I love Highgate, I'm not sure I'd want massive glass windows overlooking it

I wonder who would buy it. A modernist goth

I like the idea of Modernist Goth.

 

[Treacle Toes]

I have to say that even though I love Highgate, I'm not sure I'd want massive glass windows overlooking it

Iseedeadpeople

 

[Chairman Meow]

I read a thing in one of the supplements about this a while ago. It cost an absolute bomb, and when the owner was building it he found out that one of his relatives was buried just feet away.

 

[Diamond]

Which cemetery?

If it's the West Cemetery, that'd be both very, very cool and almost unbearably creepy.

 

[trashpony]

Which cemetery?

If it's the West Cemetery, that'd be both be very, very cool and almost unbearably creepy.

I think it's fairly obvious from the photo that it's teh West Cemetery

 

[madamv]

What a bloody cold house that is. Modern houses like that do absolutely nothing for me. Thats how I know me and MrV would split up if we won the lottery... I hate that sort of house, he loves it.

And what a waste building such a modern building in a location which aches to have a home that is old and cobwebby and high ceilinged and moulded coveinged...

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I know someone who bought an ugly modern house built on a site with a glorious long established garden....the garden won.

 

[ChrisFilter]

That house was used in an epsiode of Waking the Dead. The one with the Turkish gangsters.

Roll on series 9.

 

[trashpony]

That house was used in an epsiode of Waking the Dead. The one with the Turkish gangsters.

Roll on series 9.

Oh yeah! I thought it looked familiar

 

[Ceej]

I walk past this most days - it's one of those 'ugly or beautiful?' things - I like it, it's very striking, and I'm used to looking at the cemetery out of my office window. I'd love to look inside.

 

[blossie33]

I used to live in Highgate and I loved going into the cemetries for a wander around. They have an amazing atmosphere. I'd be very happy to have a view of it.

 

[Wolveryeti]

I don't get who could love having glass walls in their house. The lack of privacy would kill me.

 

[Diamond]

How about one way glass?

Like bigwigs have on their limousines.

 

[Wolveryeti]

One way glass works on the principle of the darker side being obscured. It wouldn't work if you wanted to have the lights on at night.

 

[spliff]

I know someone who bought an ugly modern house built on a site with a glorious long established garden....the garden won.

Quite!

Is it nicer to live in a beautiful little cottage overlooking an ugly modern house or live in the ugly modern house overlooking a beautiful little cottage?

Probably the latter.

 

[Cid]

What a bloody cold house that is. Modern houses like that do absolutely nothing for me. Thats how I know me and MrV would split up if we won the lottery... I hate that sort of house, he loves it.

And what a waste building such a modern building in a location which aches to have a home that is old and cobwebby and high ceilinged and moulded coveinged...

Have you ever lived in one?