A Mayfair Address with a Royal Past

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A Mayfair Address with a Royal Past

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Two Bedroom Apartment for Sale in Mayfair Above Farm Shop on South Audley Street

We have listed a two-bedroom apartment for sale in Mayfair, positioned on South Audley Street and located above Farm Shop, Mayfair, one of the capital’s best-known farm-to-fork destinations and favoured by the British Royal family and A-list celebrities.

The subject of an exacting refurbishment and interior design makeover by its current vendors, the apartment at the corner of 64 South Audley Street is flooded with light throughout, thanks to its dual-aspect windows. The lateral accommodation includes a kitchen/breakfast room, reception/dining room, principal bedroom suite with large ensuite bathroom, a second double bedroom, further shower room, and separate utility/laundry room.

For lovers of fine fresh food and country produce, the apartment is ideal since it is just above Farm Shop Mayfair, originally the shop of Royal florist Constance Spry OBE, now opened by Artfarm (founders of the Hauser & Wirth gallery). Also owned by the Wirth family, Durslade Farm award-winning products line the shelves, alongside those from other artisan producers, and include cheese, wine, fruit, vegetables, bakery goods, honeycomb and a hyper-seasonal wild and foraged food range.

Artfarm and Durslade Farm have the cachet of Royal endorsement. HLM Queen Elizabeth II visited Durslade Farm in 2019 and in 2022 King Charles III and Queen Camilla ate at the nearby Artfarm owned Mount Street Restaurant, which serves Durslade Farm produce. Where Royalty have led, others have followed, the Farm Shop, Mayfair, is a favoured haunt of A-Listers including Harry Styles and James Corden and the Mount Street Restaurant hosting First Lady Michelle Obama, Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe.

Royal and high society florist Constance Spry OBE (1886-1960) moved into the ground floor shop at 64 South Audley Street in 1934, to be closer to her elite circle of clients. Spry also organised the floral decorations at the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation in 1953, for which rare blooms were flown in from across the Commonwealth. Awarded an OBE in the Coronation honours list, Spry remained working at her shop at 64 South Audley Street until her death in 1960.

Through owning the 64 South Audley Street apartment, the purchaser will also be buying into a Mayfair legacy. Built between 1891-1892 by Thomas Chatfeild Clarke & Son, with apartments on the upper floors finished in red-brick and pink terracotta, the smart Portland stone-fronted commercial outlet on the ground floor has long been a byword for A-List shopping.

The newly refurbished apartment has stylish interiors that have been thoughtfully curated throughout, with an emphasis on open-plan living, showcasing high-quality bespoke joinery and parquet flooring throughout.

Set within a red-brick Queen Anne style building in Mayfair with 3.6m ceiling heights, period-style wall panelling and sash windows, the open-plan living spaces feature every modern must-have, including underfloor heating, air conditioning, bespoke joinery, an integrated Sonos sound system and Banham intruder alarm.

The wide entrance hallway, with creamy-white wall panelling, leads into the spacious reception/dining room, featuring a contemporary white fireplace, pale grey window dressings and a series of sashed windows, overlooking both Aldford Street and  South Audley Street, where at 19 South Audley Street Hauser & Wirth are soon to open their third cutting-edge London art gallery, providing over 15,000 sq ft of gallery space.

The apartment’s dining area, comfortably seating eight people, features bespoke display cabinetry, with the kitchen/breakfast room accessed via an oversized cased opening. This sleek, modern kitchen is perfect for both everyday living and entertaining, balancing the warmth of wood and the coolness of black-veined white marble, with integrated Miele appliances, a large kitchen island and underlit display shelving. For lovers of Farm Shop, Mayfair, and country produce the kitchen has plenty of space to store wild, foraged food and Maid of Bruton vintage Chardonnay from Durslade Vineyard.

To the rear of the apartment is the principal bedroom suite, an urban sanctuary in a pale colour palette, with built in wardrobes, a study area and an Art Deco-inspired ensuite bathroom. A further double bedroom, luxurious shower room and separate laundry room complete the apartment.

Jeremy Gee, Managing Director of Beauchamp Estates, says: “The apartment at 64 South Audley Street offers beautiful, newly refurbished lateral living space in turn-key condition in one of Mayfair’s most iconic Blue Plaque addresses. The handsome Victorian red-brick building has long drawn London’s most elite clientele when the ground floor unit was the flower shop of HLM Queen Elizabeth II’s favourite florist, Constance Spry. Since 2023 as London’s most glamorous grocer, Artfarm’s Farm Shop, its seasonal ingredients supply nearby Mount Street Restaurant, one of King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s favourite eateries.”

Vlad Viaryshka, Senior Sales Negotiator at Beauchamp Estates, says: “Perfectly positioned in the heart of Mayfair, moments from Hyde Park, this elegant apartment presents an exceptional opportunity to acquire a meticulously restored and interior designed home. Benefiting from high ceilings and a remarkable amount of natural light, it balances architectural heritage with every contemporary luxury, and is already drawing considerable interest, from European buyers in particular.”

South Audley Street has excellent transport connections, a short walk from several Underground stations including Bond Street 0.4m (Central, Jubilee, fast access to Heathrow via Elizabeth Line), Marble Arch 0.4m (Central), Green Park 0.5m (Piccadilly, Victoria), Hyde Park Corner 0.5m (Piccadilly), Oxford Circus 0.8m (Bakerloo, Central, Victoria) and Piccadilly Circus 0.9m (Bakerloo, Piccadilly).

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