Set behind a gated driveway off Ebury Street in London’s Belgravia, the magnificent 13,935 sq.ft Lygon Place mansion and connecting mews house designed by David Collins Studio, formerly the home of the Earls of Lichfield, is for sale via sole selling agent Beauchamp Estates.

With bespoke interiors by architect David Collins of the world-renowned David Collins Studio, the six bedroom mansion is the largest house on Lygon Place, and with its four reception rooms, penthouse suite and health and leisure complex with swimming pool and spa is one of the finest residences currently for sale in Belgravia.

The grand Grade-II listed Edwardian property was originally built in 1900-1901 designed in Arts & Crafts style by architects Eustace Balfour and Hugh Thackeray Turner, under the auspices of the Grosvenor Estate. The house has a red-brick façade with twin Portland stone bay windows rising from lower ground to first floors, a five windows across arrangement to the upper storeys and a multi-gabled roofline.

The Land Registry lists the mansion’s first owner as wealthy shipping tycoon Sir Fenwick Shadforth-Watts who also served as President of the Chamber of Shipping and was heavily involved in Naval matters.

In 1935 the Lygon Place mansion was purchased by Thomas Anson, the 4th Earl of Lichfield. The 4th Earl of Lichfield was the grandfather of society photographer Patrick Litchfield, who through his mother Anne Bowes-Lyon was a cousin of HLM The Queen. Patrick’s birth in 1939 was celebrated at Lygon Place.

During 1940 the Blitz led to the Lygon Place property to becoming the headquarters of Foyer, White & Prescott, with the City solicitors relocating in 1965 to Caxton Street allowing the mansion to revert back to residential use.

In 2011 the current owners purchased the Lygon Place mansion and commissioned Irish architect David Collins (1955-2013), of the world-renowned David Collins Studio, to spend two years carefully reconfiguring and refurbishing the specification and amenities of the six storey main house and the three storey mews house to the rear.

The Lygon Place project was David Collins final (and allegedly favourite) commission, the David Collins Studio specialising in luxury interiors for famous bars, restaurants, boutiques, hotels and private client homes around the world. David Collin’s work includes Madonna’s London and Manhattan homes; Marcus Waring’s, Gordon Ramsay’s and Marco Pierre White’s restaurants; and retail interiors for Jimmy Choo, Alexander McQueen and Harrods.

The two Lygon Place houses were integrated resulting in a spectacular residence providing substantial and luxurious accommodation over lower ground, ground and four upper floors, complete with a passenger lift, comfort cooling/heating to all principal rooms and state-of-the-art home entertainment and security systems.

The principal rooms all benefit from generous proportions, custom design parquet flooring, feature Regency style fireplaces, high ceilings with elegant coving and mouldings and bespoke wall pannelling.

Accessed via a gated private driveway, the ground floor of the house is accessed via a stone entrance porch leading into a marble floored entrance hall with main staircase.

The hall gives access to two light filled interconnecting reception rooms, a sitting room and a 10-12 seat dining room, both rooms incorporating large bay windows.

Beyond the hall is the beautiful Boffi designed family kitchen which has a large black marble topped central island and Miele, Gaggenau and Sub Zero & Wolf high-end appliances. Doors from the kitchen open onto the spacious garden terrace, which is arranged to provide outside living and dining areas. Glass skylights in the limestone and granite terrace paving allows natural light to cascade into the health spa below. The kitchen gives access to a breakfast/informal dining room.

On the first floor is the main dual aspect reception room, an office for the Lady of the house – with beautiful interiors and bespoke joinery inspired by Coco Chanel – and a large private cinema/media room, which also serves as a family room for informal relaxation and entertaining.

On the second floor, on its own private level, is the principal bedroom suite, which has a main bedroom, inspired by the design of a 5-star hotel suite, with twin walk-in dressing rooms lined with built-in wardrobes and two stunning Art Deco style marble bathrooms, the design inspired by the Deco bathrooms of Claridges Hotel in Mayfair.

On the third floor are three further bedroom suites, two with walk-in dressing rooms and all with ensuite bathrooms. On the top floor is a spectacular penthouse suite, providing a large entertaining room/office with vaulted ceiling, a separate kitchenette/drinks preparation room and a large outside roof terrace arranged as an outdoor room with its own feature fireplace and outdoor furniture.

In the mews house there is a large ground floor reception room, opening onto a second garden terrace, with a bedroom suite with ensuite on the first floor, and a bedroom, kitchen and living area on the top third floor, which could serve as a staff studio apartment. On the roof of the mews is another outdoor entertaining terrace.

On the lower ground floor is the health and leisure complex whose centrepiece is a large swimming pool, bordered by leisure decks, with skylights from the garden terrace above allowing natural light to cascade into the pool room. There is also a gym, sauna, steam room and games/billiard room. The floor is complete with a sixth bedroom with ensuite shower room.

The mansion is complete with secure underground parking with high ceiling and four dedicated bays large enough to accommodate limousines, Range Rovers and other large or tall vehicles.

Gary Hersham, Founding Director of Beauchamp Estates says: “Now an exceptional fully modernised family home, perfect for contemporary London living, this Lygon Place mansion designed by David Collins also offers a wealth of history that combines shipping tycoons and aristocracy related to the Royal family.”

Marcus O Brien, Head of Beauchamp Estates Private Office says: “With its bespoke interiors this beautiful contemporary mansion was designed by celebrated Irish architect David Collins of the world-renowned David Collins Studio. This magnificent family home provides an abundance of private outside space, a penthouse suite and a health and leisure complex with swimming pool and spa. It is one the finest residences currently for sale in Belgravia.”

Set behind two sets of entrance gates, Lygon Place is located off Ebury Street in the heart of Belgravia, just behind Eaton Square. The address is offers easy access to Belgravia and neighbouring Knightsbridge and Mayfair’s delicious Michelin star eateries, 5* hotels, and charming fashion boutiques. Also nearby are Belgravia’s two local high streets of Elizabeth Street and Motcombe Street, with Sloane Street and Harrods both within walking distance.

The Lygon Place mansion in Belgravia has a guide price of offers in excess of £45,000,000 (freehold).