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Centaur Street
London SE1
£950,000 Share of Freehold Introduction
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A 2 / 3-bedroom penthouse of more than 1,500 sq ft, situated in perhaps the most critically acclaimed apartment block built this century. Designed by the Anglo-Dutch architects de Rijke Marsh Morgan (dRMM) for the development company Solid Space, Number One Centaur Street has been described by Jonathan Glancey of The Guardian as “a minor masterpiece”.
Completed in 2004, this groundbreaking block contains just four apartments, one of which houses dRMM’s architectural practice. This is the first time that one of the flats has come to the market since their original sale.
This apartment is arranged over the upper floors of the building, with the main accommodation on the Centaur Street side. It has a two-tiered roof terrace on top, which overlooks the railway line to Waterloo, with a backdrop of the Palace of Westminster and the London Eye. The interior is spatially complex, consisting of interpenetrating volumes set over several levels and staircases likened to an M C Escher puzzle. The kitchen / dining room is partly double-height, and is overlooked by a galleried reception room. Located off the kitchen is a two-storey internal "winter garden" with glass louvers. The flat has two double bedrooms and two bathrooms (one en-suite), as well as a study / third bedroom leading on to the roof terrace.
The architects have specified a deliberately industrial range of materials, including walls of exposed concrete (impressed with the pattern of the timber moulds in which it was cast), which provides a visual reference to the nearby South Bank. There are also Perspex storage fittings, and an ingenious stainless-steel kitchen island, designed by Norbert Wangen, with a worktop that slides back to conceal the sink and appliances.
For more information about the architecture of the development, see the HISTORY section.
There is a quiet communal courtyard at the rear of the building, with space for a car. Centaur Street leads off Hercules Road (formerly home to William Blake). It is within a short walk of Waterloo station and the River Thames. The nearest Underground is Lambeth North (Bakerloo Line).
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