Modernist Seven-Bedroom Home Backing onto Hampstead Heath Lists for £12.95 Million

Key facts

• Beechworth Close is a seven-bedroom, eight-bathroom house listed for £12.95 million (about $17 million) through U.K. Sotheby’s International Realty.
• The property replaces a 1950s dwelling and was designed and developed by London architect William Paul.
• It sits on more than a third of an acre and measures 6,361 square feet, with four reception rooms, a gym, a sauna, staff accommodation, a double garage, and parking for two more cars.
• The garden backs directly onto Hampstead Heath, an 800-acre public park.
• The street includes two modernist houses designed by British architect Patrick Gwynne in the 1960s, one of which is Grade II listed.
• Harry Styles bought his first Hampstead house in 2012 at age 18, later paying roughly $10.9 million for a Georgian house in 2019 and $5.5 million for an adjoining 18th-century villa in 2020.
• Ariana Grande rented a Hampstead penthouse while filming the two Wicked movies at nearby Elstree Studios and later named a song after the area.
• Hampstead’s past residents include John Keats, H.G. Wells, Daphne du Maurier, and Evelyn Waugh; current celebrities include Judi Dench, Jude Law, Ricky Gervais, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Harry Styles.