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Former London home of playboy F1 champ James Hunt on the market for £2.7m

  • <p>Former British F1 world champion James Hunt bought this mews property in Fulham, London in 1979, shortly after retiring from motor racing. </p>
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    Mews views

    Former British F1 world champion James Hunt bought this mews property in Fulham, London in 1979, shortly after retiring from motor racing.

  • <p>Over the years, the property has undergone an extensive refit and refurbishment to stunningly high standards. </p>
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    Mood lighting

    Over the years, the property has undergone an extensive refit and refurbishment to stunningly high standards.

  • <p>When Hunt was living here, the property was pretty much a mews flat over a car garage. </p>
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    Sun terrace

    When Hunt was living here, the property was pretty much a mews flat over a car garage.

  • <p>You could certainly ‘breakfast like a champion’ in this super sleek, bespoke Italian kitchen. </p>
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    Sleek kitchen

    You could certainly ‘breakfast like a champion’ in this super sleek, bespoke Italian kitchen.

  • <p>The main living area, including the kitchen, is on the first floor, while the bedroom are downstairs. </p>
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    Upside down

    The main living area, including the kitchen, is on the first floor, while the bedroom are downstairs.

  • <p>James Hunt won the 1976 F1 world title, retiring just three years later. He died aged 45 in 1993. (Bettmann/Getty Images) </p>
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    James Hunt

    James Hunt won the 1976 F1 world title, retiring just three years later. He died aged 45 in 1993. (Bettmann/Getty Images)

  • <p>Subsequent owners have transformed the house from a glorified mews flat into a sparkling modern, open and airy home. </p>
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    Major refurbishment

    Subsequent owners have transformed the house from a glorified mews flat into a sparkling modern, open and airy home.

  • <p>Skylights help flood the vast open-plan kitchen-cum-diner-cum-living room with natural light. </p>
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    Skylights

    Skylights help flood the vast open-plan kitchen-cum-diner-cum-living room with natural light.

  • <p>One of the four bedrooms, which opens up on to a secluded private breakfast terrace. </p>
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    Impressive

    One of the four bedrooms, which opens up on to a secluded private breakfast terrace.

  • <p>The property has two bathrooms and two shower rooms. One of the bathrooms has a Jacuzzi installed. </p>
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    Large bathroom

    The property has two bathrooms and two shower rooms. One of the bathrooms has a Jacuzzi installed.

  • <p>A wine cellar is accessed via a spiral stairway in a small room on the ground floor. </p>
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    Wine cellar

    A wine cellar is accessed via a spiral stairway in a small room on the ground floor.

  • <p>Another of the large bedrooms. </p>
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    Spacious

    Another of the large bedrooms.

  • <p>The open plan living space opens up through sliding doors to a wonderful wooden terrace, and then an astro-turfed sun deck. </p>
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    Sliding doors

    The open plan living space opens up through sliding doors to a wonderful wooden terrace, and then an astro-turfed sun deck.

  • <p>The property is part of a small private development near Barons Court behind security gates. (All images: Chestertons) </p>
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    Gated mews

    The property is part of a small private development near Barons Court behind security gates. (All images: Chestertons)

<p>Former British F1 world champion James Hunt bought this mews property in Fulham, London in 1979, shortly after retiring from motor racing. </p>
<p>Over the years, the property has undergone an extensive refit and refurbishment to stunningly high standards. </p>
<p>When Hunt was living here, the property was pretty much a mews flat over a car garage. </p>
<p>You could certainly ‘breakfast like a champion’ in this super sleek, bespoke Italian kitchen. </p>
<p>The main living area, including the kitchen, is on the first floor, while the bedroom are downstairs. </p>
<p>James Hunt won the 1976 F1 world title, retiring just three years later. He died aged 45 in 1993. (Bettmann/Getty Images) </p>
<p>Subsequent owners have transformed the house from a glorified mews flat into a sparkling modern, open and airy home. </p>
<p>Skylights help flood the vast open-plan kitchen-cum-diner-cum-living room with natural light. </p>
<p>One of the four bedrooms, which opens up on to a secluded private breakfast terrace. </p>
<p>The property has two bathrooms and two shower rooms. One of the bathrooms has a Jacuzzi installed. </p>
<p>A wine cellar is accessed via a spiral stairway in a small room on the ground floor. </p>
<p>Another of the large bedrooms. </p>
<p>The open plan living space opens up through sliding doors to a wonderful wooden terrace, and then an astro-turfed sun deck. </p>
<p>The property is part of a small private development near Barons Court behind security gates. (All images: Chestertons) </p>
Mark Dorman

The former London mews home of flamboyant Formula One champion James Hunt has gone on the market for £2.7 million.

Hunt, who raced to the F1 title in 1976, bought the property in Fulham shortly after retiring in 1979, and lived there until 1982 – as a Blue Plaque on the wall shows.

The colourful Briton, known as much for his playboy antics as his motor racing, went on to form a commentating partnership with Murray Walker before dying, aged just 45, in 1993.