Inside the £6,500,000 stately townhouse where Britain’s most powerful man grew up

Nestled in the heart of Mayfair, you’ll find the house where former prime minister Sir Winston Churchill grew up in the late 1800s.

Fast forward to 2024 and it’s just hit the market for a whopping £6,500,000 – almost ten times the price of the average London home, which according to data from Zoopla, is now £687,046.

His father, Lord Randolph Churchill, rented the property between January 1874 and December 1879.

Churchill might’ve been born in November of that same year at the famous Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, but the Mayfair property was used as the family’s London base throughout his early childhood.

So, if they were mainly based in Oxfordshire, why did the family require a London home?

Randolph Churchill was elected as an MP in 1874, and so the family needed a base in close proximity to the Houses of Parliament.

(Churchill was born in Oxfordshire in 1874 (Picture: Evening Standard/Getty Images)

But it was the birth of Churchill’s brother, Jack, in 1880 that forced the family into a larger space at 29 St James’s Place – a grade II listed building just found the corner from Green Park and, of course, St James’s Palace.

And, years later, when Churchill served as prime minister during WWII, his war rooms would be located on the other side of the famous royal parks on King Charles Street.

Found on the third floor of 48 Berkeley Square, the flat itself is certainly impressive.

(The home is now up for £6,500,000 through Wetherells (Picture: WETHERELL)

(The property was built with Portland stone (Picture: WETHERELL)

Built entirely using Portland stone, it has a 37-foot-wide reception room with five sash windows – the tallest in the entire building – as well as an entrance hall, kitchen, cloakroom and two ensuite bedrooms.

It’s now the only surviving residential property on the square, as the rest are now occupied by businesses – including a Pret A Manger, Annabel’s and the famed Sexy Fish restaurant.

The home was first built in 1830, and before the Churchill family moved there, it served as the home of Charles Grey – the 2nd Early Grey, who was prime minister between 1830 and 1834.

(It’s now the only surviving residential home on the square (Picture: WETHERELL)

(The family rented the home between 1874 and 1879 (Picture: WETHERELL)

(The home was first built in 1830 (Picture: WETHERELL)

(The family rented the home after Lord Randolph was elected (Picture: WETHERELL)

Ref: Inside the £6,500,000 stately townhouse where Britain’s most powerful man grew up (metro) Photo Credit- WETHERELL