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A rarely available LARGER STYLE TWO BEDROOM GROUND FLOOR APARTMENT in this renowned Grade 2 Star Listed development off picturesque Ham Common.

The architects were Stirling & Gowan of whom Sir James Stirling was a leading architect of 20th century modernism
and who is commemorated annually in the Stirling Prize for Architecture.

This example has the advantage of a bright TRIPLE ASPECT LOUNGE/DINING ROOM with its signature original
working open fire in a mellow stock brick fireplace with its quirky concrete mantel and corbel and sqint through to
the kitchen which offers both the original servery and storage unit plus a matching bespoke unit.

There is a glazed door off the kitchen to a REAR BALCONY OVERLOOKING THE REAR GARDENS.

Inbuilt wardrobe cupboards to both bedrooms : Refurbished bathroom.

The property enjoys a super location to the side of beautiful Ham Common with its traditional pub, village pond and cricket pitch.

OFFERED WITH THE ADVANTAGE OF A SHARE OF THE FREEHOLD.

ENTRANCE PORCH:
With double doors to .....

COMMUNAL ENTRANCE HALL:
Stock brick walls and doors to the two ground floor apartments.
An allocated cupboard is located in the ground floor communal store room.

Entrance door into....
L SHAPED ENTRANCE HALL:
Doors to all rooms and double doors to storage/utility cupboard housing a washing machine.

LOUNGE/DINING ROOM:
Abt 19'11 x 11'5 (6.06m x 3.47m)
Triple aspect room with windows to front, rear and side, working open fireplace inset in stack in stock brick with concrete mantel and corbel, squint through to the kitchen, wood effect floor, radiator, sliding doors to servery.

KITCHEN: Abt 16'10 x 5'7 (5.13m x 1.70m)
Entrance with shelved pantry to one side, sliding doors to store cupboard above and below servery, matching bespoke unit with drawers and cupboard also concealing boiler, worktop with inset bowl and underbuilt dishwasher, spaces for fridge freezer and cooker with hood over, window to rear gardens and glazed door through to Balcony.

BEDROOM ONE: Abt 14' x 9'8 (4.27m x 2.95m)
Windows to front and side aspects, further fanlight windows, radiator, twin double doors to fitted wardrobe cupboards.

BEDROOM TWO: Abt 14' x 7'1 (4.27m x 2.15m)
Window to front aspect over gardens, radiator, double doors to inbuilt wardrobe cupboard.

BATHROOM:
Tiled walls, wash hand basin with fitted mirror over, WC, panel enclosed bath with shower rail and shower unit over
Casement window.

BALCONY: (off the kitchen)
Overlooking the rear gardens with balustrade.

OUTSIDE:
Shared gardens to the rear of the block.

About 50m from the entrance to the block, Langham House Close leads directly onto the open spaces of Ham Common with its traditional village pub, pond and cricket pitch. The avenue of lime trees crossing the Common leads on to the pathway to Ham House (NT) .

LEASE: 999 Years from 1958

MAINTENANCE CHARGE : £185.00 pcm.

Langham House Close was designed in 1955 and built between 1957/58 by James Stirling & James Gowan. It is often referred to in architectural literature as their Ham Common Flats and considered to be influenced by Le Corbusier's Maisons Jaoul (1954-56) sharing many of the external ornamental features such as the
concrete gargoyles and spouts. Unlike other Modernist projects of the period,
the Ham Common flats were privately funded and not social housing.

This was Stirling's first major work prior to designing the Engineering Building at Leicester University in 1963 which established his reputation. Later celebrated works include the History Library at Cambridge, the Performing Arts Centre at Cornell University, the Clore Gallery at Tate Britain, the Sackler Museum at Harvard, the Braun Factory in Germany, and perhaps his masterpiece the Neue Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart.

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