The London Pink House that Inspired ‘101 Dalmatians’ Is For Sale

The charming English townhouse that inspired author Dodie Smith’s “The Hundred and One Dalmatians” (which was later adapted into the popular 1961 Disney animated film), is on the market for the first time in 37 years. 

Located across London’s Primrose Hill park, the 4,876-square-foot, four-story house was built in 1847 and features eight bedrooms and four bathrooms. Similar to its literary and animated counterparts, the home is semi-detached with a pillared entrance portico and a glass-paneled front door. 

Inside, the entrance hall gives access to three ground floor rooms—a drawing room and two bedrooms—as well as a kitchenette. On the first floor, you can find the main reception room that’s interconnected with the dining room and an open-plan family kitchen. According to Beauchamp Estates, it’s on this level where Cruella stalked the rooms impatiently while interrogating Anita about the puppies.

On the second floor, there’s a bedroom suite with an ensuite bathroom and a study. If you can recall, this is the same room in the film where Roger plays the trumpet and trombone mockingly singing about Cruella. And finally, on the top floor are two more bedrooms and a rooftop terrace where Pongo and Perdita would snuggle under the night sky.

Other key features of the property are the front and rear gardens, an abundance of natural light, and its location in the heart of Primrose Hill.

According to historians, Smith lived nearby in Dorset Square and would often take her nine Dalmatians for walks around the neighborhood. She later on got the idea for the book when a friend at a dinner party commented that her dogs would “make a lovely fur coat.”

The property can be yours for £8.95 million (about $11.175 million). You can learn more about it here.