 HAMPSTEAD HOUSE, NW3 is an absolutely delightful location. In a Grade 2 listed Edwardian house that has been converted into spacious flats with original features, this ground floor apartment is close to the heath and the village. Hampstead, one of London's most exclusive areas, has long been known as a residence of the intelligentsia, including writers and intellectuals, actors, artists and architects, many of whom created a bohemian community in the late 19th century. In the 1930s it became base to a community of avant garde artists and writers and was host to a number of emigres and exiles from Europe. Famous past inhabitants have included:
Charles Dickens, Sir Edward Elgar, Ian Fleming, D.H. Lawrence, William Wordsworth, H.G. Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sigmund Freud and the list goes on. Less than 10 minutes on the Northern Line Tube or Jubilee Line to the heart of the West End, Hampstead is well known for its restaurants and famously traditional pubs, such as the Holly Bush (which was gas lit until recently), the Spaniard's Inn (where infamous highwayman Dick Turpin took refuge), The Old Bull & Bush and the White Bear.
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