Going for a Burton

THE Hampstead home of actor Richard Burton, in which he lived when he first met Elizabeth Taylor, is up for sale.

- James Fisher

The property, a seven-bedroom, semi-detached townhouse extending to some 5,100sq ft, is on the market with both Aston Chase (020– 7724 4724) and Knight Frank (020– 3918 4413) for £7.95 million. The home on Lyndhurst Road features a Blue Plaque that was unveiled by Michael Sheen in 2011, and was the residence of Burton and his first wife, Sybil Williams. While based there, he met Taylor for the first time (who went on to become his second wife), and starred in films such as The Robe, The Desert