The property is now up for grabs, asking a cool £8.95 million (or about $12 million).
Telegraph Cottage, President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s hideaway on the outskirts of London during the months leading up to D-Day, was gutted by fire in 1987 but has since been painstakingly rebuilt and restored to its former grandeur. Known today as Telegraph House, the palatial pad is now up for grabs, asking a cool £8.95 million (or about $11.8 million).
According to the listing by Harrods Estates, the original cottage served as Eisenhower’s principal residence and wartime headquarters from 1942 to 1945. During that time, only his close circle of confidants and staff knew that the five-star general was living there.
After a fire tore through the property in the ’80s, five detached houses were erected within a 4.7-acre gated development known as the Coombe Hill Estate - close to the prestigious Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Club and only 8 miles to central London.
The current dwelling is one of those that currently occupies the site within the enclave that’s about half an hour outside the city and is where other notable residents have included British Prime Minister William Gladstone and Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood.
In its current form, the neo-Georgian manse comprises seven bedrooms across its 12,476 square feet. Of course, there has been a slew of modern upgrades since Eisenhower’s time.