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England’s ‘thinnest’ house is just 1.6 meters wide, but has doubled in value over the past decade to a whopping £950,000.

At just 5ft 5in wide, parts of this Victorian London property are not large enough for a person to lie down, being 4in below the height of an average Briton, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Previously sold in 2009 to a solicitor, the extremely narrow house now represents a budgetary as well as space constraint, having soared to almost £1 million in value in 2021.

In 2006, the house had high-profile owners who purchased the property for just £488,500.

Pride and Prejudice actor Simon Woods and his husband Christopher Bailey, former chief executive of Burberry, took up residence in the small accommodation after living there for three years.

The property was relisted for sale in 2021 for £950,000, but according to Rightmove the property was sold after being removed from the site by the agent.

The property was formerly a Victorian millinery and is located on Goldhawk Road in Shepherd’s Bush.

The lower ground floor, measuring 9 feet 11 inches, has the widest space in the entire building. Photos of its 2021 listing by Winkworth Estate Agents show a long dining room with double-height glass doors that lead out to a patio and garden.

The reception room on the ground floor has the largest measurement in length and width, at 11 feet by 7 feet.

The first floor has a lovely terrace with views over West London. It is accessed by a spiral staircase connected to the ground floor. Two bedrooms are also on this floor, one of which is only 8 feet 6 inches wide.

The second floor is similar in size to the two below, with a powder room, bathroom and dressing room.

The third floor houses another bedroom which has a built-in bed to utilize the limited space the property has to offer.

Estate agent David Myers told The Sun the Shepherd’s Bush home would appeal to “bohemian” buyers. Myers had previously attended a New Year’s party in 1994.

He said: “‘It was terribly bohemian – you could get lost in the different worlds spread across the five floors…Each owner sprinkled their own fairy dust on it.’