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Every week, Nub News brings you our pick of the latest properties on sale in the Kingston area.

This week we're highlighting a stunning luxury apartment on the market with local property agent Savills Wimbledon

The 2-bed property is located at Kingston Hill Place, a mansion built in the 1820s just off Kingston Hill.

Legend has it that King Edward VII used to bring his mistress, Lillie Langtry, to the mansion when he was the Prince of Wales back in the 1870s, though this has not been confirmed .

The mansion had many other uses throughout its history and is now a private gated community where residents have access to a stunning indoor pool and 9 acres of landscaped gardens.

Below is the full listing from the Savills website .

Kingston Hill Place, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT2 7QY

Guide price: £785,000

Living space: 1,280 sq ft (118.92 sq m)

Key features

- Two bedrooms

- First floor

- Stunning communal gardens

- Direct lift access to pool complex

- A spacious two double bedroom first floor apartment with a lift located in a beautifully maintained gated development with a share of the freehold and parking.

About this property

A superb first floor apartment located within a beautiful mansion building set within stunning and extensive grounds in this highly sought after Kingston Hill Place development. There is both private parking and visitor parking available.

The development benefits from a mews like atmosphere and excellent communal facilities; a swimming pool, well equipped gym, sauna and solarium with changing facilities. There is direct lift access to the swimming pool complex.

The apartment offers wonderful lateral living space and opens into a central hallway.

To the front is generous reception room with an attractive fireplace and wonderful green views of the landscaped gardens.

Alongside is a contemporary kitchen with a good range of fitted units and cupboards with stone work surfaces and integrated appliances.

The principal bedroom overlooks the gardens to the front with a stylish en suite bathroom and well designed fitted wardrobes. There is a second double bedroom with a walk in wardrobe and a guest bathroom.

The property is chain free and has an EPC Rating of C.

Estate agent Dan Miller describes it as: "A gorgeous lateral apartment in the desirable Kingston Hill Place!"

Local information

Kingston Hill Place is a secure gated community set in nine acres of beautifully landscaped gardens off Kingston Hill with views of Richmond Park.

Richmond Park offers 2368 acres of open space perfect for walks, riding and cycling. The area also offers a number of golf courses between Coombe, Wimbledon and Richmond.

There are many good restaurants, shopping facilities, cinemas and theatres in Wimbledon and Kingston.

Kingston town centre offers excellent shopping facilities at the Bentalls shopping centre.

Train services from Kingston provide easy access into Waterloo via Clapham Junction. Frequent bus services run into both Kingston or Putney.

There are many popular schools in both the private and public sector including Rokeby for boys, Coombe Hill Girls School, Wimbledon High, Holy Cross for girls, Kings College School for boys and Marymount International School.

Source of distances: Google Pedometer. All measurements are approximate.

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