7 bed terraced house for sale Ferry Street, London E14

£2,995,000

Key info

  • Status: For sale
  • Type: Terraced house
  • Bedrooms: 7
  • Receptions: 6
  • Bathrooms: 5
  • Area: Ferry Street, London, London

Price changes

-7.8% £2,995,000 3 months ago
£3,250,000 one year ago

Full description

50 -52 Ferry Street, designed by renowned architects Stout & Litchfield, rose out of the derelictindustries of the dockyards during the 1970s tobecome one of Europe's most architecturallysignificant self-build projects,These ambitious architects better known for designing New House, Shipton-Under-Wychwood as featured in Stanley Kubric's 'A Clockwork Orange', before designing two attached luxury riverside houses between 1976-79, now Grade II listed.This seven bedroom house, annexe and garage measures 5,349sqft. The house has extraordinary south-facing views across the River Thames and is located within striking distance of The City of London and Canary Wharf.The interior design retains original designs popular from the 1970s (e.g. William Morris and ReneeMacintosh). Some plant and electrics have beenupdated.Approached through a private gated courtyardwith London stock brick walls. A singlegarage parking space is retained in the housesownership. A path leads througha front lawn garden.The entrance hall with cloakroom leadsto a ground floor study with ensite shower room and conservatory. A spiral staircase leads down to an undercroft used for storage.The first floor landing acts as the centrepoint between fully fitted kitchen (withlarder), dual aspect drawing room (withcentral fireplace) and dining room (idealfor entertaining). The drawingand dining rooms have balconies over thewater's edge. The views are spectacularthough double glazed windows / sliding doors.The second floor has four double bedrooms, two bathrooms and walk in airing cupboard. This couldbe adapted for en-suites.A further staircase leads to the third-floorprincipal bedroom suite. An open vaultedlounge has south-facing roof terracewith extraordinary views. A side double bedroom, dressing room and en-suite bathroom.The vaulted ceilings are slat boarded adding aScandinavian-style theme.The external architecture features diagonal split pitch apex roof, shape geometric lines, cross-wall pre-cast concrete facade and Westmorland Slate tile roof, infused with triangular clerestory windows.A separate self-contained two bedroom annexe has open plan kitchen, sitting / dining area and family bathroom. Ideal guest accomodation.TermsTenure: FreeholdEPC: House Rating DAnnexe Racing CCouncil Tax: - House, Band FAnnexe, Band ELocal Authority: Tower HamletsUtilities: Mains Water, Electricity, Drainage andGas with Gas Fired Central Heating.Fixtures & Fittings: To be agreed by separatenegotiation.Parking: GarageThe location chosen for its spectacular vistaover the River Thames and views of the Old Royal Naval College (last work of Sir Christopher Wren), Cutty Sark, Royal Observatory, QueensHouse and Royal Greenwich Park.Historic Greenwich can be accessed through the Greenwich foot tunnel 200 metres from the property.The transportation links are excellent:Island Gardens DLR (0.2 miles) Canary Warf 13 mins and Lewisham National Rail 10 mins to London Bridge approx. 15 mins.City airport approx 20 mins. Thames Clipper Uber boats run from Greenwich appox 8 mins to Canary Wharf, 18 mins to Westminster, 12 mins to 02 Arena. Old Royal Naval College & Cutty Sark 0.4m,Historic Greenwich: 0.5 mile, Royal GreenwichPark: 0.6 mile and Blackheath Village: 2.0 mile.All via Greenwich Foot Tunnel.There are a number of good schools in thearea, including:Canary Wharf College, East Ferry - Ofsted Good(0.2miles)George Green School PrimarySchool - Ofsted Good (0.3miles).

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