This Covent Garden penthouse once belonged to Aerobics The legendary Dave Stewart has just gone public with Knight Frank for 4.5 million pounds.
With a roof terrace the size of a tennis court, this five-bedroom apartment played a central role in the London music and art scene in the 1990s, including David Bowie, Sineid O’Connor and George Harrison.
Stewart co-founded the 1980s electronic duo with Annie Lennox, and he created the current layout of the apartment, which occupies the top two floors of a 30-year-old building. Seven dials.
The lower level includes an open-plan living area where Stewart writes lyrics with Jon Bon Jovi and Bono, and five bedrooms, one of which is an art studio with Damien Hirst.
Stewart designed the top floor as a home recording studio, but it is currently used as an additional reception area leading to the huge roof terrace.
Craig Arnott, the 53-year-old owner, has modernized the interior of the apartment, but paid special attention to retaining some of the features Stewart likes, such as the integrated sound system in each room, and the mysterious weirdness The “seven dial” door was designed by one of the musician’s many artist friends.
“We like the music of a whole generation of people. It is the real incentive for us to buy property,” Arnott said. He also praised the cobblestone streets and new pedestrian streets of the Seven Dials, which gave the prime location of central London a kind of ” Country feel “”.
The penthouse has already had a large number of potential buyers requesting to view the property-which shows that as the rebirth of the West End is underway after the lockdown, everyone is looking for something.
