In her acceptance speech at the latter, Andrews took pleasure in taking cool revenge. She said: “And, finally, my thanks to a man who made a wonderful movie and who made all this possible in the first place, Mr Jack Warner.”
Homebuyers who would perhaps like to imbue some of Andrews’ flair can purchase her former London home, a Grade II-listed mansion on Wimbledon Common in south-west London.
West Lodge was designed by the Victorian architect Edward J May and has 12 bedrooms. It is so large, that when The Sound of Music star lived there in the 1960s, she only occupied a portion of the house. It had been divided into three separate wings.
It has since undergone a reconversion back into a single family dwelling. The grand, gabled property has stone mullioned bay windows, a mature wisteria growing across the back of the house and a chim chim cher-ee of chimneys that would make Dick van Dyke weep. It is £16.5m with Knight Frank.
