London Scandal: £350m Worth of Mansions Lie Empty in 'Billionaires' Row'. International Business Times UKFebruary 1, 2014 01:06 PM GMT. By Mark Piggott | February 1, 2014 13:06 PM GMT. 0 · 0 · Tweet · 0. submit to reddit. The Bishop's Avenue.

A thick crust of bird droppings is piled on the gilded balustrade of one of Britain's most expensive properties. Pigeon skeletons lie among shattered mirrors and water streams through broken cornicing. This is The Tower, a £30m palace in "Billionaires …

The Bishops Avenue in Hampstead, north London – dubbed 'Billionaires' Row' – has at least 16 giant mansions standing vacant, with a combined value of an estimated £350million. Some of the homes have been unoccupied for up to 25 years, with the …

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A biker has been filmed performing a series of death-defying tricks inside a hollowed-out mansion on 'Billionaire's Row' in Kensington. Chris Northover rode his dirt bike into the former Russian embassy on Kensington Palace Gardens – reputed to be the …

SuperBike magazine's road test editor has taken a spin on an unusual structure for his latest stunt. The daredevil rider took his Oset electric bike on top of the old Russian consulate at Billionaires' Row, worth over £100 million. The abandoned house …

A third of the mansions on the most expensive stretch of London's "Billionaires Row" are standing empty, including several huge houses that have fallen into ruin after standing almost completely vacant for a quarter of a century. A Guardian …