Yet this doesn’t mean that Barrie’s grand Victorian-era house in South Kensington —for sale priced £8.5m ($10.5m)— isn’t out of the ordinary.
The six-bedroom, four-bathroom property — which is just a ten-minute walk from the Kensington Palace home ofPrince WilliamandKate Middleton— still boasts many of its original features, including grand stone mullion windows, ornate cornicing and original solid wood floors.
Its large open-plan living and dining areas also include nearly 10-foot high ceilings and elaborate fireplaces, while its lower level is home to a kitchen, second dining room, and a bedroom with en-suite bathroom.
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More crucially, the historic home also features the beautiful top floor balcony that helped inspire Peter Pan’s flying visits to the Darling children, and where Peter would convince Wendy, John, and Michael to take the ultimate leap of faith and fly across the London rooftops.
“Homes with unique history are always bound to generate interest, however, this beautiful period home in South Kensington will strike a unique chord with those who are either still young at heart or never grew old,” says Laura Howard, from online real estate agents Zoopla.
“Being able to read bedtime stories to your children in the same nursery that inspired J.M. Barrie to write his iconicPeter Panbook, will be sure to spark their imagination like no other.”
“[Denis] Mackail’s biography of J.M. Barrie has descriptions of the interior features of both houses,” confirms a spokesperson from the J.M. Barrie Literary Society. “SincePeter Panwas first performed in 1904, some of it will definitely have been written here — though of course Barrie was traveling during the time and will have been working on the play in various other locations.”
Elsewhere, the timeless tale of the boy who never grew up has also inspiredWalt Disney,Steven SpielbergandHugh Jackman, among many others.
source: people.com
