London mansion once owned by Gucci selling for $97 million

A grand seven-floor mansion that was once the headquarters of one of the world’s most iconic fashion houses is on the market for a staggering sum.

The neoclassical residence in the affluent Grafton Street in Mayfair, London, is listed at $97 million.

The four-bedrooms, seven-bathrooms home was once the headquarters for luxury Italian fashion label, Gucci, for a decade between 2000 and 2010.

The company first bought the property in 1998 when American fashion designer and filmmaker, Tom Ford, was its creative director, Architectural Digest reports.

Ford’s office was a drawing room on the first floor where the former British statesman, Lord Chancellor Lord Brougham, hosted Queen Victoria.

The home was designed by architect Sir Robert Taylor and built in the early 1770s. According to the listing, it is the last remaining private townhouse on Grafton Street.

Of the townhouse’s four bedrooms, a standalone principal suite is spread across the home’s top top floors.

The suite has a bedroom, lounge area, private study, kitchenette and large bathroom.

The three remaining bedrooms are guest suites located in a private wing of the home. Each of these rooms contains a safe, mini bar, and entertainment system.

“The home presents bespoke finishings throughout, prevalent in the bedroom suite in the ceiling grafters, illuminated staircases, chandeliers, and integrated cupboards,” the listing reads.

Entertainment rooms, including a two-metre plunge pool, fitness suite and spa lounge, are located on the basement level.

“Additionally, the home presents a fully equipped chefs’ kitchen, lift access throughout, a large double garage, two terraces, automated security systems, a dumbwaiter, five staff bedrooms, and four secure vaults.”

The townhouse has undergone a series of renovations over the years, first in 2007 and then again in 2012 following a fire.

Historic building consultants with Donald Insall Associates were involved in the refurbishments, Architectural Digest reported.