A Grade II listed London mansion which boasts ceilings covered in gold leaf is set to become the most expensive home ever sold at auction when it goes under the hammer next week. The seven-bedroom property on Bolton Street, just a few minutes walks from The Ritz in the heart of Mayfair, is being offered with a guide price of £8.3million. If it fetches that it would top the £5.9 million paid for a mansion block in Finchley Road, according to auction analysts EIG. The home was built in the early 18th century and has six bathrooms, three reception rooms and two kitchens along with an internal lift and private terrace.
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Seven-bedroom mansion in the heart of Mayfair, central London, is up for auction with a guide price of £8.3million
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The Grade II listed property on Bolton Street was built in the early 18th century and boasts gold leaf ceilings
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It is currently being let out for a staggering £26,000 per month and has a private lift and terrace
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The street was built in 1699 and was home to English novelist Fanny Burney and the Earl of Peterborough
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Charles Edward Stuart, The Young Pretender, is also said to have lodged here secretly while in London
If all of the remaining 61 properties fetch their guide price, they will sell for around £9.7 million - just £1.4 million more than the single @placeholder home.