Monday, May 31, 2010

Farewell to Lauderdale Mansions

Lauderdale Mansions, the great place I stayed at during the first two months in London

Today I have to say good-bye to - first of all - my two wonderful flatmates Emma and Justine, a nice and sunny en-suite room and a great place to live at, Lauderdale Mansions.

As I learned from the dedicated Wikipedia article on Lauderdale Mansions South, these beautiful mansion flat buildings were built in 1897 for the middle classes. In number 155 Sir Alec Guinness was born as Alec Guinness De Cuffe. Among the more recent former residents was Mary McCartney, celebrity photographer and daughter of Paul and Linda McCartney.

To become the owner of one of the up to 140 m2 flats you just have to be among the rich. From an ad (pictured below) the three of us recently learned that these flats cost more than a million quid.

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