THE Gothick Villa is the third and latest in a sequence of new detached villas designed by Quinlan Terry and situated on the outer circle of Regent's Park in London.
Lassmans and Savills have been instructed by the Crown Estate to market the property and are indicating a guide price of GBP6.75 million (about HK$74.5 million), excluding the contents, which are available separately.
The current development represents a major contribution to the realisation of architect John Nash's original concept for Regent's Park as a ''Rus in Urbe''.
Nash, who died in 1835, envisioned a landscape reminiscent of the English countryside, with 56 classical villas, more than a dozen terraces, and numerous other buildings including a palace and a pleasure house.
However, his scheme was halted by the government in 1826 when only eight villas had been completed, and no more were commissioned until 1988 when work on the Ionic Villa started.
The Gothick is a magnificent example of solid and ornamental architecture, and of the highest quality craftsmanship.