Literary history: Knightsbridge flat said to be Oscar Wilde’s London pied-à-terre for sale for £4.95m

As Oscar Wilde season kicks off at the Vaudeville Theatre, with Jennifer Saunders currently starring in Lady Windermere’s Fan, a piece of the flamboyant playwright’s real life surfaces.

A Knightsbridge property which was said to be Wilde’s London pied-à-terre has come to the market.

Spread across three floors, the apartment in Pont Street, is in a magnificent Queen Anne Revival house designed by CW Stephens, the architect behind Claridge’s and Harrods.

A stone’s throw from the fashion boutiques of Sloane Street and King’s Road, the three-bedroom home is listed for sale with JLL and Savills for £4.95 million. The star feature is the luxurious master bedroom, with a large en suite and dressing room.

The house is next door to a blue plaque property which was home to actor-manager Sir George Alexander (1858-1918), whose memoirs state that Wilde was his neighbour.

The playwright was famously arrested in the nearby Cadogan Hotel.