Stepney Green, E1

£2,100,000Freehold

Stepney Green is a quiet, residential route connecting Mile End Road with St Dunstan's Church.

It is characterized by the architectural quality of the residential houses and by the picturesque ambience created by the mature trees of Stepney Green Gardens and the front gardens on the east side. It is an area of particular special architectural and historic interest illustrated by its rich history, dating from medieval times, and its significant architecture and historic open spaces.

Located within the Stepney Green Conservation Area, this Grade II listed house was built in 1705 and is presented as a magnificent family home. Once an old medical centre, it has been restored with painstaking attention to detail, retaining the period features that make it so special whilst at the same time creating a lovely home fit for modern day family living.

The house, a very fine example of classic understated elegance, adheres to the classic proportions so important in Georgian architecture and so readily recognised in the window pattern with the tall and expansive windows on the first floor of the house. The Georgian period was a time of urban growth giving rise to the concept of terraced housing, allowing a whole street to have a sense of architectural wholeness.

The accommodation is generous, the rooms are well proportioned, including excellent ceiling height, and are arranged in such a way as to offer a very practical family home. Depending on your individual requirements the house can offer up to five bedrooms, with two located on the second floor both with excellent storage. The master bedroom suite comprising large bedroom, spacious dressing room and ensuite, is located on the first floor in addition to a further bedroom and bathroom. The centrepiece of the house is a beautiful cantilevered staircase leading off the main hall of traditional black and white limestone. Located on the raised ground floor the hall gives access to the main reception room, a gracious three window wide room to the rear of the house, superb for entertaining. On this floor there is also a very quaint morning room, a study and a further bedroom.

The entire lower ground floor (with separate access) is spacious but offers an inviting and snug family area combining kitchen/diner (with Aga), larder, utility and storage. To the rear is a tasteful glazed extension, sympathetic to the age of the house offering a family sitting/play room with direct access to the rear enclosed garden.

With excellent transport connections via the tube at Stepney Green and bus routes along the Mile End Road this gem of a house is country living in the heart of London; a must see for City dwellers aspiring to the rural idyll without leaving town.