The Storied London Home of Lady Annabel Goldsmith Just Listed for $33.5 Million

For more than five decades, Lady Annabel Goldsmith welcomed an extraordinary mix of guests to Ormeley Lodge, her Georgian estate in Ham, one of London‘s greenest corners. The socialite and author—after whom the famed private members’ club Annabel’s is named—played host to everyone from royalty and Hollywood stars to politicians and journalists. Princess Diana was a frequent visitor, and the house became the setting for one of the most famous moments in modern royal history, when Diana reportedly confronted Camilla Parker Bowles at a birthday celebration in 1989.

Now, less than a year after Lady Annabel’s death at age 91, the storied residence is ready for its next chapter. Ormeley Lodge is available through both Knight Frank and UK Sotheby’s International Realty for 25 million pounds (about $33.5 million).

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Dating to the early 1700s, the Grade II-listed residence blends Queen Anne and early Georgian architecture across nearly 15,800 square feet. The house includes 10 bedrooms and seven bathrooms, with soaring ceilings, original fireplaces, intricate moldings, and oversized sash windows that have been carefully preserved. Interiors by the acclaimed design firm Colefax & Fowler soften the formality with a warm, lived-in sensibility.

The house occupies a rare bucolic setting for London. Just 10 miles from Buckingham Palace, it feels worlds away from the city, bordered by Ham Common Woods Nature Reserve and the western edge of Richmond Park, London’s largest Royal Park, where herds of deer still roam across more than 2,500 acres of protected parkland.

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The 2.3-acre grounds are equally impressive. Beyond ornate 19th-century wrought-iron gates, walled gardens unfold as a series of outdoor rooms, with a formal knot garden by landscape architect Arabella Lennox-Boyd and borders by Mary Keen. The gardens have been opened annually to the public through the National Gardens Scheme. Elsewhere on the estate are an orchard, a kitchen garden, wildflower meadows, an aviary, an all-weather tennis court, and a swimming pool. Across the courtyard, a collection of mews buildings contains guest and staff cottages, garages, and additional storage. 

“The sale of Ormeley Lodge represents a rare chance to acquire not only a remarkable residence, but also a part of British cultural heritage,” says Paddy Dring, global head of prime sales and joint head of Knight Frank’s Private Office. “Opportunities to secure a house of this size and character, surrounded by such established, picturesque and expansive gardens in a London setting are very uncommon.”

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