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London bubble-bath tycoon gets go-ahead for huge 'iceberg' basement
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/mar/21/london-bubble-bath-tycoon-gets-go-ahead-for-huge-iceberg-basementRobert Beecham is to demolish house in Primrose Hill and build new mansion with Roman baths, cinema and banquet hall
London bubble-bath tycoon gets go-ahead for huge 'iceberg' basement
Jamie Grierson
Monday 21 March 2016 05.27 EDT
A bubble-bath tycoon has been given permission to build what is believed to be London’s biggest “iceberg basement”, complete with Roman baths, cinema and banquet hall.
Multimillionaire Robert Beecham, 65, is to demolish his six-bedroom detached house in Primrose Hill and replace it with a seven-bedroom mansion complete with a 200ft-long basement.
The new property, dubbed an “iceberg home” because so much of the development is underground, will house a 65ft swimming pool, bar, hammam or Turkish bath, games room, gym, massage room and hot pool.
Beecham, who made his fortune by securing the first Star Wars product licence in Europe in 1976, giving him the rights to make children’s toiletries featuring characters from the film, is to hand over £600,000 towards affordable housing as part of the deal to secure planning permission.
