Rothschild bachelor pad townhouse up for sale in New York for $17.5 million

See pictures of the Bullingdon club member’s David Chipperfield designed home

Nathaniel Philip Rothschild is a British-born banker. His family originates in Frankfurt, Germany and established a European banking dynasty starting in the late 18th century (Getty Images)

The British-born banker Nat Rothschild has put his New York City bachelor pad on the market for $17.5 million, fifteen years after he bought it.

Rothschild had the four-storey townhouse at 8 St Luke’s Place in the West Village redesigned by the architect David Chipperfield.

Source: Douglas Elliman

The New York Observer reported that he paid $5.575 million for the 1852 landmarked residence in 2000 and spend another £350,000 on renovations – though he was initially reluctant to include a kitchen, if an interview Chipperfield gave to Men’s Vogue is to be believed.

Source: Douglas Elliman

In the end, Chipperfield convinced Rothschild to convert the basement into a “lab-like caterer’s kitchen and wine cellar to rival any restaurant’s”, despite the fact that Rothschild doesn’t drink.

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Rothschild was born in England and educated at Eton and Oxford, where he was a member of the Bullingdon Club at the same time as George Osborne. He married Annabelle Neilson, model and muse of the late Alexander McQueen and lived in New York for a time. After the marriage disintegrated he moved to Switzerland.

Source: Douglas Elliman

He is the chairman of JNR Limited, an investment consultant focussed on emerging markets and commodities. In 2011 the Sunday Times estimated his worth at $1.6 billion.