An ornate three-bedroom flat on a private square in Pimlico is being sold by the family of Poldark and The Gilded Age star Harry Richardson for £2m.
After graduating from drama school in Australia, Richardson, who grew up between London and Sydney, spent most of his 20s at the flat owned by his mother while recording Poldark and while still – in his own words – “a bit more on the up professionally”.
He played Drake Carne in the series between 2017 and 2019 and has appeared as Larry Russell in The Gilded Age since 2022.
“I feel like I really learned how to act in this apartment,” Richardson says, recalling plenty of time spent recording audition tapes with actor friends in the garden annex thanks to its large skylight.
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He is staying at the flat for a week and feeling some “heartache” at packing up his old journals and many musical instruments as we speak.
“I have the fondest memories of the square that it's in, Warwick Square,” the 32-year-old says, of the central gardens which also include a private tennis court.
“I used to learn all of my lines for every audition I've ever done in that park. I'd line up all the benches and jump over them like hurdles while reciting my lines. That park is just an unbelievable little heaven. It's so beautiful.”
The annex, perfect for multi-generational living, home working, guests or additional income, has its own kitchenette within the fairly spacious living room, and one bedroom and bathroom.
He says staying in it when he was younger felt like a “teenage dream”, giving him space to practice his music. “I think mum was very happy to be able to section me off.”
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The main raised ground floor flat also has two bedrooms and bathrooms, as well as a living space with an unusual ceiling covered in plaster cornicing patterns.
The property has 1,450sqft of space overall and planning permission has historically been granted to join the two parts of it.
The high, ornate ceilings in the living space are in fact what Richardson says he will miss the most about the flat, along with the Warwick Square garden and the flat’s private garden, too.
“I'm just in there now and reflecting on being 18 there and trying to figure out what I'm going to do with my life, staring at the beautiful ceilings up there,” he says.
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Richardson loves Pimlico too: “It's so central. It's so easy to get everywhere, but it's also got a little bit of quiet, which is kind of hard to find in central London.”
He notes the beauty of the chapel at the end of Warwick Square and recalls walks to Orange Square and eating at Daylesford Organic.
He recalls the 1949 British comedy film, Passport to Pimlico, in which the neighbourhood’s residents decide to declare independence. “It makes sense because it's got its own little energy,” Richardson muses.
Richardson’s formative years spent at Warwick Square included having a slew of other actors to stay or spend time at his family’s cosy haven.
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He looks back fondly on “making music with Will Poulter” (The Bear, Son of Rambow), living with Jacob Collins-Levy (The White Princess) and Tom Rhys Harries (White Lines), and recording auditions with his Doctor Thorne co-star Stefanie Martini.
Now based between Williamsburg, Brooklyn and Bondi, Sydney, Richardson still lights up at the suggestion he might some day have a place of his own in London.
He has spent the week enjoying “uncle duty” visiting his sister and her three children in north London.
His mother has now relocated more permanently to Australia, and prefers to be closer to family in north London when she visits London.
It feels “surreal” to be packing up the home that has been in the family for 18 years and passed between parents and siblings, Richardson says, “but it's such a heavenly flat and whoever moves in is going to be very lucky.”
