Stockwell Park Crescent

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Stockwell Park Crescent

London SW9

£2,500,000

Freehold

The Stockwell Park conservation area is undoubtedly one of south London’s most architecturally elegant. The wide, tree-lined streets surrounding Slade Gardens are composed of refined 19th century villas, most with Neo-Classical detailing and large gardens, front and back. 

This particular house is one of four Grade II listed houses set in semi-detached pairs along the south-westerly curve of Stockwell Park Crescent. It has been the home of a pair of architects for over thirty years and has been the subject of wonderful iterations of restoration and renovation to their designs throughout that period.    

The house today is a light-filled and versatile home of over 2,800 sq ft, with further substantial loft space for storage and a flexible arrangement of up to five bedrooms. Contemporary materials rest timelessly against period elements, light penetrates open levels, a garage has been created beyond the off-street parking and a lower-ground floor provides the ceiling-height and material treatment deserving of a principal level. The gardens too form an integral part of the design; beautifully and sensitively planted for dappled shade in the summer sun, with areas dedicated to growing food and visiting fauna.

The houses of Stockwell Park Crescent are set far behind their large front gardens, of which so many are evidently a means of great pride. Their front facades are flat-fronted stucco in the Regency style; each pair crowned by a classical pediment. The front door is recessed to the side with a raised-ground floor entrance reached by stone steps from the garden path.

This recessed ‘tower’ at the side contains the entrance hall and stairways, allowing uninterrupted plans across the wider portions of the house. The raised-ground level contains a sweeping double reception space enjoying light from the south-western facing bay at the rear and the French windows within it.

The floors are a lightly whitened pine and extend across the hall into the dining room, becoming slate in the kitchen. The latter is a glowing feast for the eyes, with glass-fronted drawers, icy blue cabinetry and deep stainless-steel worktops. 

French windows open to the garden from multiple angles of each bay at the rear and find a meeting point in the timber terrace between them. Apart from being exquisitely planted, with a sensible limitation on maintenance, the garden is so successful because it can be enjoyed from the various levels of the house, both visually and physically. The towering silver birch provide a fluttering soundscape and screen from the sun for the higher levels, and an ethereal, sylvan quality for the lower levels in their elegant trunks and bark. Areas are carved out for outdoor dining, for growing herbs, fruit and vegetables, and a raised water feature has provided an observational obsession for generations of children. It’s a brilliant garden for long, hot summers and is irrigated throughout.  

The lower-ground level is reached via a limestone staircase from the hall. It was previously a photographic studio; its volume increased to accommodate enlarging equipment. Today it is a studio/office, but could be used as a fantastic independent living space. It has its own access to the garden, and a shower room and WC, within which is a secret doorway into the garage and its dedicated wine cellar. Sliding glazed pocket doors close each of the rooms off to the library between them. There is also a good-sized utility room on this level.

The first floor is given to an enormous principal suite. The bedroom is situated at the front, lit by two large sash windows. At the rear are built-in wardrobes, bath and shower areas clad in beautiful glass tiles, and access to a terrace over the reception bay.

Three further bedrooms occupy the second floor, all with built-in wardrobes and the share of a bathroom. The loft space above follows the same plan as the floors below and currently offers lots of storage.

A flat section of roof above the stairwell accommodates solar panels which heat the hot water during sunny months.

The towering silver birch provide a fluttering soundscape and screen from the sun for the higher levels, and an ethereal, sylvan quality for the lower levels in their elegant trunks and bark

Bedrooms:

5

Reception Rooms:

3

Bathrooms:

3

Internal:

2,812 sq ft / 261 sq m

 

External:

2,231 sq ft / 207 sq m

Tenure:

Freehold

Borough:

Lambeth

Council Tax:

H

EPC:

D

Nearby

Stockwell Park Crescent is one of the finest residential streets within the Stockwell Park conservation area and perhaps south London. Apart from the beautiful facades and front gardens, the area has quietude and a friendly community. It also has a fantastic residents’ association, organising events throughout the year on the lawns of Slade Gardens. 

In our opinion, this area of south London is a hidden gem. It has some superb pubs like the Canton Arms, easy access to some lovely parks with great facilities, and central London can be walked to or quickly reached via the many nearby tube and train stations. Brixton, Camberwell and Clapham are all close and are all deservedly celebrated for their restaurants and suppliers. 

Little Portugal is on the doorstep with its wonderful café-culture community and some of the best pastel de nata in London.

 

Photography by Dan Glasser

Transport

Stockwell Underground station is a 5-minute walk away, with the Northern and Victoria Lines providing quick routes to central London.

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