The enormity of this loft-like residential complex in Camden, London, is a clue to its original role. The 10,000sqft property was purpose-built in the 1980s as Milkwood Studios, the production facility for the legendary programme Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Converted a decade ago and recently overhauled by architects Powell Tuck Associates and designer Marianne Tiegen, it’s currently seeking tenants on a short- or long-term basis. Whether or not it rents for the weekly £15,000 to £25,000 (£65,000 to £108,333 per month) asked by the agency, Domus Nova, depends on how keen Londoners rich in discretionary income are to inhabit a piece pop culture history.

The heart of the home is a major asset: a 4,000sqft open-plan lounge with full-height bookshelves facing a kitchen and dining room. The central skylight is surrounded by steel-girder ceilings 5m tall, over polished-concrete floors. The 18-seat dining table and leather cantilever chairs by Mart Stam and Marcel Breuer are included in the deal, as are two white tuxedo sofas arranged by the brass-faced fireplace. The stainless-steel restaurant kitchen has another table, seating 10, and a sliding ladder to access the towering cabinets.

Flanking this great room is a cinema room, games room and gym, all leading out to the courtyard through tall steel-framed glass doors.

Upstairs is a double-heigh principal bedroom with an exposed structure and ensuite bathroom and dressing room — plus an en suite guest room. The top level has a conservatory-style bedroom and access to the landscaped roof terrace. A glazed bridge leads to a separate studio. There are four bedrooms and four bathrooms in all.

The address is so private it can hardly be photographed. The buildings were sited behind a covered carport, gated entrance and a birch-lined path.

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