London mansion where 脚本家 Harold Pinter and his actress wife hosted 星／主役にする-studded soirees before he moved out to live with his socialite lover is on the market for £17M

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A London mansion once owned by celebrated 脚本家 Harold Pinter has gone on the market for £17million.

The five-bedroom 所有物／資産／財産, 据えるd just a 石／投石する's throw from Regent's Park, was home to Pinter, his actress wife Vivien Merchant and their son Daniel in the 1960s and 1970s and was the 発生地 for a number of the couple's glittering soirees, 含むing a 1968 party where Michael Caine and Peter O'道具 mingled with The Beatles.

The 脚本家 also used the?5,372sq ft 所有物／資産／財産 as a home studio where he penned some of his most famous 作品, 含むing The Birthday Party, The Go-Between, The Homecoming and No Man’s Land.

He 結局 moved out of the family home to live with his mistress, Lady Antonia Fraser, whom he later married.?

The terraced house, designed by John Nash, is now for sale １０年間s later に引き続いて an 広範囲にわたる 革新 to transform it into a modern family home, 完全にする with a gym, staff ４半期/4分の1s and a マスコミ room.??

The sprawling terraced 所有物／資産／財産 also 利益s from a separate mews house, 据えるd at the end of the large 私的な garden, which 誇るs its own bedroom 控訴, 熟考する／考慮する, garage and 歓迎会 rooms.?

高級な living: This 素晴らしい London mansion once owned by 脚本家 Harold Pinter and his actress? wife has gone on the market for £17million. Pictured, the spacious family room which 誇るs a dining area and cosy television nook

Perfectly polished: This spacious kitchen makes clever use of mirrors to give the illusion of even more space for cooking

Hotel at home: This breathtaking bathroom is part of the master bedroom 控訴 that takes up the entire second 床に打ち倒す

Personal oasis: With its own lounge, the master bedroom, pictured, 供給するs the perfect place to escape after a long day

Famous 居住（者）s: The 所有物／資産／財産 was home to Pinter, his actress wife Vivien Merchant and their son Daniel in the 1960s and 1970s and was the 背景 of a number of the couple's glittering soirees. Pictured, the family in August 1961

The tumultuous love life of 脚本家 Harold Pinter?

脚本家 Harold Pinter married actress Vivien Merchant, whom he had met on 小旅行する, in 1956 and the couple welcomed son Daniel - Pinter's only child - two years later.?

行方不明になる Merchant appeared in 生産／産物s of many of her husband's most celebrated 作品 含むing 行う／開催する／段階 and 審査する 見解／翻訳／版s of The Homecoming.?

But while they remained married for more than 20 years, the 関係 was far from 平易な, with Pinter c onducting a number of extra-結婚の／夫婦の 事件／事情／状勢s.?

脚本家 Harold Pinter married actress Vivien Merchant, whom he had met on 小旅行する, in 1956 and the couple welcomed son Daniel - Pinter's only child - two years later. Pictured, the couple in 1961

From seven years from 1962 to 1969, Pinter became romantically 伴う／関わるd with BBC TV presenter and 新聞記者／雑誌記者 Joan Bakewell, pictured left in 1968. He later had an 事件／事情／状勢 with?Lady Antonia Fraser, 権利 together, whom he married in 1980

From seven years from 1962 to 1969, Pinter became romantically 伴う／関わるd with BBC TV presenter and 新聞記者／雑誌記者 Joan Bakewell. The dalliance would later 奮起させる his 1978 play Betrayal.??

In erotically 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d letters between the pair made public last year, Pinter wrote that he ‘bleeds’ to see the woman he dubbed ‘my secret girl’ and ‘Dear 奇蹟’. どこかよそで?Pinter, then 31, told 29-year-old 行方不明になる Bakewell he was ‘counting the days until we are 再会させるd again’.

The pair grabbed precious moments together in London and relied on their letters to keep their love alive. To maintai n secrecy the pair would often 令状 to each other through intermediaries, 含むing actor Henry Woolf, who also 許すd them to use his bedsit.?

The 事件／事情／状勢 ended in 1969.?行方不明になる Bakewell 離婚d her husband Michael in 1972 and was married to writer and director Jack Emery from 1975 to 2001.

In 1975, Pinter, who was still married to 行方不明になる Merchant, became romantically 伴う／関わるd with historian Lady Antonia Fraser.

In 1977 Pinter and Lady Antonia, daughter of the 7th Earl of Longford, moved into her family home in Holland Park.??

Pinter and 行方不明になる Merchant sold Hanover Terrace in 1978 and the couple’s 離婚 was finalised in 1980. Pinter 結婚する Lady Antonia that year. 行方不明になる Merchant died in 1982.?

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The house was 初めは owned by an aristocratic family and then a 豊富な banking family. In the late 1950s it became the London home of British-American racing driver Lance Reventlow, the son of heiress Barbara Woolworth Hutton.?

Born in nearby Winfield House, Reventlow moved from California to London in 1959 to race his Scarab cars in Britain’s 決まり文句／製法 One, returning in 1962 to the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs.

Over the next two １０年間s the 所有物／資産／財産 belonged to Pinter and Vivien, although their marriage was far from happy.?

The 脚本家 行為／行うd a number of extra-結婚の／夫婦の 事件／事情／状勢s.?In 1975 Pinter became romantically 伴う／関わるd with Lady Antonia Fraser, the daughter of the 7th Earl of Longford, and in 1977 Pinter and Fraser moved into her family home in Holland Park.?

Modern touches: Designed by John Nash, the 5,372sq ft 所有物／資産／財産, left from the outside, has recently undergone an 広範囲にわたる 革新. Pictured 権利, the 入り口 hall to the large five-bedroom home is 十分な of light

Keeping fit: The sprawling London home comes 完全にする with its own gym, as seen through the glass of the family room

Stately: The grand 歓迎会 room, pictured left and 権利, hints at the decadent parties of the 所有物／資産／財産's previous owners?

Elegant: The dining room in the Regent's Park 所有物／資産／財産 can comfortably sit 12 guests for civilised meals at home

Dining al fresco: The 私的な garden to the 後部 of the 所有物／資産／財産, pictured, has enough room for an outdoor dining （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する

Pinter and Vivien sold Hanover Terrace in 1978 and the couple’s 離婚 was finalised in 1980 with Pinter marrying Lady Antonia Fraser in the same year.?

While the home has been modernised in the years since, it 保持するs echoes of its glamorous past.??

The grand first 床に打ち倒す 製図／抽選 room （期間が）わたるs the entire depth of the house, 申し込む／申し出ing elevated 見解（をとる）s over the 前線 and 後部 facades.?

It is in this impressive entertaining space with its high ornate 天井, 塀で囲む パネル盤ing and Regency fireplace that Lance Reventlow entertained his stepfather Cary 認める and his uncle Jimmy Donahue. This is also where the Pinters entertained actors, actresses, writers and 生産者s.

十分な of characters: During the 革新, care was paid to 保護する 重要な 初めの features throughout the 所有物／資産／財産

Plush: The master 控訴, pictured, is one of five 控訴s in the main 所有物／資産／財産. There is an 付加 bedroom in the mews house

The master bedroom 控訴 占領するs its own 私的な 床に打ち倒す on the second level of the house and features a large bedroom, walk-in dressing room and master bathroom.?

The 10-12 seat dining room on the ground 床に打ち倒す is where the Pinters did their famous entertaining and 罰金 dining and the 隣接するing kitchen is where Lance’s housekeeper, cook and butler would 準備する him his breakfast and dinner.

The マスコミ room, 体育館 and staff accommodation are all 据えるd on the lower ground 床に打ち倒す; and five bedroom 控訴s, all with ensuite 施設s, on the upper 床に打ち倒すs.????

At the end of the large 私的な garden, the mews house has a sitting room, dining room, kitchen and terrace on the upper level with a 熟考する／考慮する, bathroom, bedroom 控訴 and garaging below.?

The 所有物／資産／財産 is 存在 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d by Beauchamp 広い地所s for £16.95million.?

Gary Hersham, 創立者 of Beauchamp 広い地所s said: 'With its iconic Nash fa?広告, famous past 居住（者）s and A-名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） 訪問者s, grand 内部のs and Regents Park 見解（をとる）s this expansive 住居 is designed for exquisite 高級な living.?

'It has all the space and 施設s to 供給する a discerning 買い手 with a perfect family home, benefitting from an 豊富 of bedrooms, a large 私的な garden and staff accommodation. Beauchamp 広い地所s believe that it is one of the most 利益／興味ing and special トロフィー home 適切な時期s in Regents Park and Marylebone at 現在の.'

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