Templeton House

Delusions of grandeur set in when you step inside Templeton House, the 240-year-old Georgian Grade II listed mansion. The sprawling 28,000-square-foot property, is nestled in Roehampton, southwest London. The house was named after Lady Elizabeth Templeton, an artist, who first settled there with her husband in 1786, and was once the home of Winston Churchill. . It has served as a hospital during the First and Second World Wars, a dormitory for students at nearby Roehampton University, and later as a filming location for Downton Abbey. Now, following an almost decade-long £32 million restoration, the historic home has been restored to its former glory. “The challenge was making something look old, as if it had always been there,” says David Rich-Jones, who purchased the home with his wife, Laura, The 400-year-old oak wood flooring with was reimagined into Chantilly/ Versailles panels that were aged and treated to give them a vintage look.