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Article: SO YOU WANT TO LIVE IN...HIGHGATE.
- Article from:
- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 4, 2004
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WHAT'S IT LIKE?
Highgate lies across the heath from Hampstead, presenting a more sober image to its neighbour's restaurants, bars and boutiques, and is dominated by smart redbrick Victorian and Edwardian houses.
Picturesque Pond Square has a row of charming 18th Century houses, a large church, the Highgate Literary and Scientific Institute and The Flask, a famous old pub with garden.
The average property price is [pounds sterling]500,000. Berthold Lubetkin's Highpoint, a Grade I building of Thirties flats, has a long queue of potential buyers. The big Highgate West houses, particularly those dating from the 17th Century, sell for about [pounds ...