AdvertisementA gleaming glass palace on Mayfair's Down Street Mews has gone on sale for a cool £50million - and has instantly become the exclusive London district's most expensive new home. Inspired by La Maison de Verre in Paris, the Glass Mansion is actually two homes which are on sale for £25million a-piece, but can be combined to create a palatial home for £50million. The stunning glass mansion on Mayfair's Down Street Mews has gone on sale for a cool £50million and has instantly become the exclusive London district's most expensive new build home. Down Street Mews was originally occupied by a black brick Edwardian mansion and stables, built in 1920, accessed by a gated carriage driveway off Down Street. In 1940 a Luftwaffe bomb destroyed Grandi's Down Street Mews mansion, with only the stables by the entrance courtyard surviving; in 1943 Grandi got his revenge, triggering the coup which overthrew Mussolini and started peace negotiations with the Allies.

Source: Daily Mail September 27, 2020 12:57 UTC