The Georgian townhouse where John Constable spent the last ten years of his life before his death in 1837 is on the market for an eye-watering £4million.
Before moving to the beautiful home in 1827 Constable spent every summer in desirable Hampstead with his family, including his wife Maria and son Charles.
The 19th Century painter lived at Well Walk, a Grade II* listed four-bedroom home up until he died of heart failure at his studio on Charlotte Street in Central London.
Since 1923 there has been a blue plaque installed on the front wall of the home immortalising the time Constable and his family spent there.
This is Georgian townhouse where John Constable spent the last ten years of his life before his death in 1837 which is on the market for an eye-watering £4million for the first time in 30 years
Since 1923 there has been a blue plaque installed on the front wall of the home immortalising the time Constable and his family spent there
Before moving to the beautiful home in 1827 Constable spent every summer in desirable Hampstead with his family, including his wife Maria and son Charles
The property is now up for sale for the first time in 30 years years for £4million, however average house prices on Well Walk are a slightly more modest £1,656,000.
Although this is around 18 times more than the price of the average home in England, it just a fraction of the price of Constable’s most desirable paintings.
In 2012, The Lock, from 1824, was sold by Christie’s for £22.4 million.
The Georgian townhouse where John Constable spent the last ten years of his life before his death in 1837 is on the market for an eye-watering £4million
Peter Brooks, head of residential at Savills Hampstead, said: ‘As the former home of such a major figure in English landscape painting, Well Walk is a truly special property and one of north west London’s most significant historical houses.
‘Having lived at the address for the past 30 years, the current owner is now seeking to downsize nearby.
‘The sale of Well Walk thus presents a rare opportunity to reside in an iconic house in a setting which inspired many of Constable’s renowned works.’
The 19th Century painter lived at Well Walk, a Grade II* listed four-bedroom home up until he died of heart failure at his studio on Charlotte Street in Central London
Well Walk has four bedrooms, three reception rooms, a kitchen, bathroom, shower room, utility room, guest cloakroom and garden.
The five-storey house boasts high ceilings, period features and double doors from the first floor drawing room which lead out to individual balconies that overlook the patio garden.
Designed and built in the early nineteenth century, Well Walk is situated in one of Hampstead’s most sought-after streets.
The property is now up for sale for the first time in 30 years years for £4million, however average house prices on Well Walk are a slightly more modest £1,656,000
It is lined with smart period buildings and just 200 metres from Hampstead Heath.
Peter Brooks added: ‘Alongside its history, the property is positioned in the heart of Hampstead Village and has well-proportioned accommodation which a future buyer could further enhance.
‘We expect its appeal to be far-reaching, taking in those seeking a family home with straightforward access to amenities, transport and great schools as well as buyers captured by the prospect of living in the former home of one of the nation’s greatest ever artists.’
Although this is around 18 times more than the price of the average home in England, it just a fraction of the price of Constable’s most desirable paintings. In 2012, The Lock, from 1824, was sold by Christie’s for £22.4 million
Well Walk has four bedrooms, three reception rooms, a kitchen, bathroom, shower room, utility room, guest cloakroom and garden
While Constable is best known for his work in Suffolk, Hampstead became a great focus and he made numerous studies in the area.
His artwork is on display at leading galleries worldwide including Tate Britain, The National Gallery and The V&A as well as Yale Center for British Art and The National Gallery of Art in the United States.
An area of Suffolk is known as Constable Country as it is where he painted some of his most celebrated works.
His most famous paintings include Dedham Vale (1802), The Hay Wain (1821) and Hampstead Heath with a Rainbow (1836).
The five-storey house boasts high ceilings, period features and double doors from the first floor drawing room which lead out to individual balconies that overlook the patio garden
Designed and built in the early nineteenth century, Well Walk is situated in one of Hampstead’s most sought-after streets
HOMES JOHN CONSTABLE HAS PREVIOUSLY LIVED IN
Flatford Mill
The mill was owned by John Constable’s father, Golding Constable and was the childhood home of the master-painter. Milling continued at the property until the turn of the 20th-Century but by the 1920s the mill needed repairing.
The National Trust acquired Flatford Mill along with Willy Lott’s House in 1943 and since 1946 (along with Valley Farm since 1959) they have been leased to the Field Studies Council (FSC).
Sillwood Road
Constable lived and worked at this property in Brighton during the 1820s and is thought to have made about 200 paintings and drawings during his four years there.
The property where Constable moved to ease his wife Maria’s TB symptoms most recently sold for £475,000 in 2010 but is now considered to be worth £702,000.
Hylands House
Constable regularly visited Hyland’s House in Epsom, Surrey and lived there between 1809 and 1811.
It was built in 1740 and owned by the painter’s aunt and uncle, Mary and James Gubbins.
This was following his first exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1802 and the British Institute in 1809.
The home was most recently for sale in 2006 for a guide price of £2.25million.
Constable’s work from that period includes View at Epsom (1809), part of the Tate collection.
The property has three bedrooms in the main building and a further section partitioned off into four self-contained flats.