View of a ground-floor room at Witanhurst, a grand mansion at 41 Highgate West Hill, Highgate. The room is unfurnished beside three glazed bookcases that stand either side of the chimneypiece and to the right of the single door. Dating from 1913-20 and built by George Hubbard for Sir Arthur Crosfield, a soap magnate, Witanhurst was Grade II* listed in 1970, listing number 1379026. The house incorporated part of Parkfield, an early eighteenth-century house that was enlarged in 1881 by Allen William Block, a merchant, and in 1894 by Walter Scrimgeour, a barrister. It was restored in 1946. Crosfield died in 1938 and his wife Domini, nee Elliadi, Lady Crosfield, inherited Witanhurst. When she died in 1963, their only son, Paul, inherited the property. He sold it in 1970, only for it to change hands several times among British and foreign developers. In 2024, Witanhurst was said to be London's most expensive house at £300 million, with 65 rooms including 25 bedrooms. Its ownership was reported to be the subject of a legal dispute.