How high ceilings became the super-rich status symbol of 2022
telegraph.co.ukpiano nobile is to create new luxury residences with the same exaggerated sense of height. “It’s a sacrifice from the developer’s point of view, as they can fit in fewer properties, but buyers crave volume,” says Ian Pidgeon, a partner at Knight Frank.
Some of the most spectacular examples are converted schools, such as The Sloane Building, a former Edwardian school in Chelsea, whose vast old hall has become one gargantuan residence, with bedrooms set on a mezzanine floor where the classrooms once stood.
Still for sale is the £18.5m penthouse.Or for what must be the most mind-boggling proportions in any London home, there’s the now-sold St Joseph’s Chapel in Mill Hill, where developers Berkeley Homes and design company Alexander James Interiors had 14-metre ceilings to play with in the main body of the church.
Their solutions included an elevated bedroom in a standalone glass pod in the nave – and super-sized furnishings, including flower vases the size of the average basketball pro.
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