Carlton Hill, St Johns Wood NW8

Property Summary

Occupying a prominent corner plot on Carlton Hill, one of St John’s Wood’s most sought-after addresses, this six-bedroom detached house has been comprehensively redesigned by New York architect Steven Gambrel. The property extends to approximately 6,191 square feet behind a restored historic façade, with tall ceilings and refined architectural detailing throughout. The ground floor provides expansive living accommodation across five reception rooms, including a striking kitchen and dining area that opens directly onto beautifully landscaped wraparound gardens. A principal suite with separate office occupies the entire first floor, while four further bedrooms and three bathrooms are arranged across the upper levels. A self-contained guest or nanny suite with walk-in wardrobe and en-suite bathroom sits on the lower ground floor. The basement level houses an extraordinary collection of leisure spaces — a music room, gym, bar and dramatic cinema room with five-metre ceilings. Externally, the property benefits from a versatile garage or summer house and secure off-street parking for four cars.

Key Features

• Prominent corner plot on Carlton Hill, St John’s Wood
• Six bedrooms and five bathrooms across multiple floors
• Five reception rooms designed for entertaining and family living
• Comprehensively redesigned by New York architect Steven Gambrel
• Restored historic façade with tall ceilings and refined architectural detailing
• Striking kitchen and dining area opening onto wraparound landscaped gardens
• Entire first floor dedicated to principal suite with separate office
• Self-contained guest or nanny suite on lower ground floor with en-suite and walk-in wardrobe
• Basement cinema room with dramatic five-metre ceiling height
• Music room, gym and bar at basement level
• Versatile garage or summer house
• Secure off-street parking for four cars
• Freehold tenure
• Approximately 6,191 square feet of accommodation
• EPC Rating D

Design Comment

Steven Gambrel’s transatlantic sensibility — an instinct for layered materiality grounded in classical proportion — is evident throughout this Carlton Hill residence. The restored historic façade sets a tone of architectural integrity that carries inward through tall ceilings and considered detailing on every floor. For a discerning buyer, the existing design language provides an exceptionally strong foundation, yet there remains significant scope to elevate the interior scheme further, particularly within the principal suite, the basement leisure spaces and the self-contained lower ground floor suite.

The five-metre ceiling height in the cinema room presents a genuinely rare opportunity to create a landmark entertainment space — one that could accommodate bespoke acoustic treatment, integrated AV systems and dramatic lighting design without compromise. Similarly, the basement gym, music room and bar could be unified through a cohesive material palette to form a private wellness and social floor of considerable distinction.

Externally, the wraparound gardens and the garage or summer house offer further design potential. A considered landscape scheme, possibly incorporating outdoor dining, lighting and planting design of architectural quality, would extend the living experience seamlessly from the kitchen and ground floor reception rooms. Taken as a whole, this is a property where a sophisticated interior design programme could enhance an already accomplished residence into something truly singular.

Development Consultations

To assist potential buyers of this property to understand their full design and development options, Janine Stone & Co. is able to provide complimentary design concept and development consultations. It can be arranged for these consultations to take place at the property or in our London studio. Janine Stone & Co. will provide guidance on architecture, refurbishment and planning considerations, in addition to helping interested parties to develop their early design ideas into floor plans with estimated project costs and timelines for realisation.

Should a successful acquisition take place, we would be happy to take these initial concepts through to a full concept and subsequent planning, design and build phases.