The Grand Tour
The house’s handsome façade features new wooden sash windows and a front door, all painted a smart
Invisible Green by Little Greene. A wide hallway is lined with bookshelves on either side of a fireplace, which has a stone hearth and a reclaimed fire surround. The ground floor is divided by glazed screens, with doors that can open up the space when desired. The sitting room to the front of the house has another beautiful fireplace and windows dressed with light, French curtains. Column radiators with nickel and wood temperature adjusters have been installed throughout.
The kitchen is now home to a shaker-style kitchen, with thick marble worktops, ‘
Berdoulat Green’-painted cabinetry, and a freestanding island. A splashback of tongue-and-groove panelling is crowned by an open shelf; all are set above a generous butler’s sink with nickel taps by
Perrin and Rowe. There is space for a dining area at the foot of the room, where a wall of glazed doors opens into the garden.
There are six bedrooms in total, including the main bedroom with its en suite bathroom. In the latter, wooden floorboards have been laid across the entire space to bring a sense of continuity and flow. The current owners have also added bespoke oak joinery to the bedroom and retained a fireplace in the bathroom, keeping space to one side for a well-placed armchair.
Tadelakt has been applied to the shower and walls have been painted Lilac Pink. Bloomsbury Group lampshades top wall lights, which, in tandem with the working fireplace, provide a soft ambience for long soaks in the free-standing enamelled bath.
The bedroom on the top floor has French doors that open onto a balcony, a perfect spot to enjoy the evening sun and the far-reaching views over the rooftops of east London.
The Great Outdoors
The garden has been designed by Emily Ffrench Blake and Will Carr is surrounded by brick walls and arranged around a traditional greenhouse, fitted with shelves waiting to be stocked with tomatoes, squash or even asparagus. Bricks arranged in a herringbone pattern provide ample terracing for a dining table and chairs. The whole garden is framed by raised beds, with a low maintenance mix of shrubs, such as Japanese maple trees and oak-leaved hydrangeas, and herbaceous perennials including brunnera and foamflower. There are also Mexican daisies, and climbers for the walls including clematis and chocolate vine. A newly planted Himalayan white-birch tree, will grow tall in the corner of the garden, which in tandem with a woven willow fence provides additional privacy.
Out and About
Elderfield Road is brilliantly located in the heart of Lower Clapton. The much-loved Chatsworth Road is a three-minute walk away and has a lively gauntlet of independent shops, cafés and restaurants, such as
Pivaz and specialist suppliers
L’Epicerie 56,
London Borough of Jam and
Hackney Draper.
The greenery of Hackney Downs Park is a 10-minute walk from the house, with the larger green spaces of Hackney Marshes around the same distance away in the other direction. Victoria Park is slightly further afield yet still within easy reach.
The closest station is Hackney Central, offering Overground lines to Stratford, Highbury & Islington and Liverpool Street. Clapton and Hackney Downs Overground are both also within easy walking distance.
Council Tax Band: E
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