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ext year will be the 25th anniversary of Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury’s death, but his fellow band members are still working hard to keep the band’s legacy alive. And no more so than drummer Roger Taylor who recently played at the Milton Keynes National Bowl with the Foo Fighters, as well as running his tribute band, The Queen Extravaganza. But during the band’s heyday Taylor lived in this apartment in Wapping, East London. The huge four-bedroom property, which is within a former Victorian tea warehouse, has tasteful wood floors, exposed original timber beams, cast iron columns and Gothic arch windows. With views over the Thames, Oliver’s Wharf is in the Pier Head Conservation area, half a mile downstream of Tower Bridge and St Katharine Docks, has a roof terrace, concierge, private parking and is on the market for £3.95m. u Knight Frank 020 3393 5951; knightfrank.co.uk
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HACKNEY PAD HAS A SHOT AT FAME
f this apartment in Hackney seems familiar it’s because the property has been a regular backdrop for music videos, adverts and magazine shoots. Its most famous visitor has been Beyoncé who filmed a music video here with Destiny’s Child. Other celebrity appearances here have included George Michael, exEngland footballer Paul Gascoigne and TV presenter Gloria Hunniford. McDonalds, Burger King and Samsung have also all filmed adverts within the two-bedroom, two-storey apartment. It’s in a peaceful cobbled courtyard with secure gated offstreet parking and is on the market for £1.1m. u Urban Spaces 020 8022 6599 urbanspaces.co.uk
Assoluta. Her former home has plenty of artistic connections. It’s on a row of eight Arts-era artists’ studios with tall chimneys, red-brick exteriors, and enormous windows. Designed in 1891 for ‘bachelor artists’, each property in St Paul’s Studios has a bedroom, reception area and a bathroom on the ground floor for the artist, and a scullery, kitchen and bedroom in the basement for a housekeeper. Hers is now on the market for £1.4m and in need of complete renovation. It even has the long ballet mirror Fonteyn installed during her time there to perfect her posture. u featherstoneleigh 020 7381 0319 featherstoneleigh.co.uk
£3.95m WHERE FONTEYN GOT TO THE POINTE
he late Margot Fonteyn remains one of ballet’s greatest stars after her dancing partnership with Rudolf Nureyev during the 1960s. And her former home and dance studio in Baron’s Court is now for sale. She was the Royal Ballet’s prima ballerina until she retired and later was given the title of Prima Ballerina
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IT EVEN HAS THE LONG BALLET MIRROR FONTEYN INSTALLED DURING HER TIME THERE
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