Details : The property is part of the historic landscape around Stanmore Common, an area whose character has long been associated with large country houses, private estates, woodland and open common land.
| Bedroom | 10 |
| Bathroom | 7 |
| Living rooms | 3 |
| Kitchen | 1 |
| Balcony | 1 |
| Asking Price | £10m |
Public property records identify Cedars Lodge, The Common, Stanmore, HA7 3HR as an early-century house, occupying an unusually substantial plot of approximately 9,229 m² (about 2.28 acres).
The 1927 electoral register is particularly interesting because it independently records:
- The Cedars
- Cedars Lodge
- Cedars Farm
- Cedars Stables
- Cedars Gardens
in the same locality. This strongly indicates that “The Cedars” was historically more than simply the name of a single modern residential building—it was associated with a wider estate or property holding incorporating gardens, agricultural land, stables and associated accommodation.
Why this matters for your 7-acre development site
This historical context could be very relevant to the development potential of the 7-acre land you previously mentioned.
The key heritage issue is likely to be the setting and historic character of the estate, rather than simply whether the land itself contains a listed building. The combination of:
The Cedars → Cedars Lodge → Cedars Farm → Cedars Stables → Cedars Gardens → Stanmore Common
suggests a historic estate landscape that may have evolved through subdivision over time.
That can actually become an important part of a development narrative: rather than presenting the proposal simply as a new housing estate, a planning strategy could potentially frame it as a carefully designed continuation of the historic estate/parkland character of Stanmore Common.
One important caveat
I have not found evidence in the sources I checked that the specific 7-acre parcel is itself a nationally listed historic estate. Historic England’s search results for “The Cedars” largely return other properties with the same name, including listed buildings elsewhere in London, so those should not be attributed to your Stanmore property.
However, the 1927 record is a valuable historical lead because it establishes the existence of the Cedars estate complex in Stanmore nearly 100 years ago.
For your proposed £34m+ GDV development, I would recommend going one step further: I can research the complete historical title/estate history of The Cedars, Stanmore Common from the 1700s to today, including old Ordnance Survey maps, former owners, historic buildings, estate boundaries, Stanmore Common’s heritage designations, conservation constraints and previous planning applications. That would give you a proper Heritage & Planning History Report that could also be used in your investor/JV proposal.
Location : The Cedars, Stanmore Common, Stanmore, HA7, England.
