Chelsea home where Oscar Wilde lived and wrote The Picture Dorian Gray goes on the market for £1.7M

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The home where Oscar Wilde lived and wrote The Importance of Being Ernest has gone on sale for a whopping £1,695,000 in Chelsea.

The two-bedroom flat, based in Tite Street, Chelsea, was also the location where Wilde wrote his acclaimed novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Famed for his flamboyant personality and elegant writing, the playwright and author spent his years in London at the height of his career after he moved from Dublin in 1878.

The home that Oscar Wilde lived in and wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray has gone on sale for a whopping £1,695,000 in Chelsea. Pictured is the back of the ground-floor flat which features a paved west-facing private garden which gets lots of natural sunlight while remaining completely out of sight from the outside world

The two-bedroom flat, based in Tite Street, Chelsea, was also the location where Wilde wrote his acclaimed play The Importance of Being Earnest. Pictured is the newly-renovated glass kitchen and dining room, which floods the apartment with light throughout the day and gives easy access to the flat's garden

Famed for his flamboyant personality and elegant writing, the playwright and author spent his years in London at the height of his career after he moved from Dublin in 1878. Pictured is the exterior of the flat, which features a blue plaque denoting that Oscar Wilde lived there

After moving into the Chelsea flat with his new bride, Constance Lloyd, they spent seven months upgrading it to their luxurious standards.

Together they raised two children in the home before it was repossessed when he was sentenced to two years in prison and hard labour in 1895 after being found guilty of sodomy and gross indecency.

Wilde had an affair with Lord Alfred Douglas, whose father, the Marquess of Queensberry accused him of being gay.

He sued the Marquess for libel but during the trial evidence came out which led to his arrest for being gay.

After moving into the Chelsea flat with his new bride, Constance Lloyd, they spent seven months upgrading it to their luxurious standards. Pictured is the apartment's stylish living room which features an archway entrance and grey slate flooring. The living room has also undergone a renovation by the flat's last owners

Together, Wilde and Lloyd, raised two children in the home before it was repossessed when he was sentenced to two years in prison and hard labour in 1895 after being found guilty of sodomy and gross indecency. Pictured is the spacious kitchen and dining room which boasts sliding pocket doors that allow the owner to integrate the indoor living area with the garden

Pictured is the modern living room which seamlessly leads through to the curtain-walled kitchen and dining room and allows light to flood into the entirety of the flat. The old occupants removed doors in the apartment and left archways in their place - creating a more open feel throughout the flat

The flat is currently listed by Hamptons International. Nathanial Wilde, a representative for the company, said: 'Tite Street and the surrounding area has long been associated with artists and writers from the Victorian era onward, which is what attracted Oscar Wilde here'

Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854 but moved to London in 1878, where he spent the majority of the rest of his life

Once he was released from prison he immediately moved to France - where being gay was no longer illegal - and died in poverty from meningitis at the age of 46 in 1900.

The flat is currently listed by Hamptons International. Nathanial Wilde, a representative for the company, said: 'Tite Street and the surrounding area has long been associated with artists and writers from the Victorian era onward, which is what attracted Oscar Wilde here.'

'Within a few hundred yards are the former homes of other legendary writers, including novelist Mary Ann Evans, Mark Twain, and Bram Stoker.

'The flat has been stylishly renovated by the current owners. They added the glass rear kitchen/dining room, which floods the apartment with light, and looks out upon a charming west-facing private garden.'