Flat for sale in London SE14, 2 Bedroom

Two double bed penthouse apartment of 683 square feet on the second (top) floor of a handsome Victorian house, close to both New Cross Gate (6 mins) and Queens Road Peckham (10 mins) stations, within Telegraph Hill conservation area. The impressive building has recently been sympathetically converted to a very high standard; the owners have created four generous, architect-designed apartments with pleasing finishing and details such as old school style radiators, Farrow & Ball and Little Greene wall and woodwork colours, sash windows, stripped floorboards, built-in storage and original fireplaces. There’s a deep shared front garden and this flat has its own big rear garden section (which is accessible via the side of the house). Share of Freehold.

Take the stairs from the shared hall to the first floor where you’ll find the front door for this flat. In and up and first land upon the smart bathroom with contemporary suite and fittings, including the smartest of marble basins. Up to the landing proper and the large reception room/kitchen is off to your right. It’s over 16 feet by over 13 and has a beautiful exposed brick wall (such a welcome decision) incorporating an opened up fireplace, with stripped boards to the floor, plus a south-east facing window to the rear of the building. The kitchen worktops are Carrara marble and you have a Smeg oven and integrated fridge/freezer and dishwasher. In the landing/hall area you have two built-in storage cupboards. The two bedrooms sit to the front of the property; the master is over 13 feet by over 10 feet with stripped boards underfoot, and the second double, adjacent, is over 10 feet by nearly 10, and carpeted.

Telegraph Hill – the largest and most desirable conservation area in New Cross – is popular for its lovely Victorian parks and fancy Victorian architecture. The neighbourhood was once home to Victorian poet Robert Browning and was developed in the late C19th, replacing market gardens which were owned by the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers (who controlled the development), with high-standard housing. As well as the attractive architecture and period street lamps, what stands here now is a leafy community with weekly Farmers’ Market and community event calendar, plus good connections to central London alongside great schools and parks.

New Cross Gate and Queens Road Peckham stations are both a short, easy walk away for Overground and regular services (London Bridge is just one stop from nxg, or pick up the Jubilee line at Canada Water). The day and night bus routes are brilliant too in this part of town. A Curzon cinema is local within the Goldsmiths University campus, and a new contemporary art gallery too (both very much open to the public).

Local watering holes include The White Hart, The Rose Inn, Beer Rebellion, The Montague Arms and The Earl of Derby at The Telegraph. A tasty pizza joint is local on Queen's Road (Mamma Dough). For organic deliciousness, groceries and also Tango dancing(!), check out The Rosemary (a Hungarian restaurant and farm shop) on New Cross Road. Blackbird Bakery by qrp station is great for fresh loaves or a coffee-meet (also has ‘pizza lates’). Sainsbury's and tk Maxx stores are local by nxg station. For more options, it's a short jaunt to Greenwich, Deptford, Nunhead, Peckham and Camberwell.