In this east London apartment, light pours into a large open-plan kitchen, living and dining area through five original factory windows. The fact that there are windows on perpendicular walls ensures the space is bathed in light, giving the room a wonderful sense of flow. The windows also help to give some structure to the open-plan area, with two flanking the kitchen and two defining the dining area.

There is no shortage of light in this apartment, split across the lower-ground and ground floors of a Victorian terraced house in Stoke Newington. Two bay windows at the front, complete with shutters, draw light into the living room. A small rectangular window has also been added next to the bay window in the bedroom, bringing more light into the space and proving that lower ground floors don’t have to be dark. At the back of the house, glazed doors fill the second bedroom with beautiful light.

In this meticulously renovated Victorian flat in Dalston, large sash windows draw light deep into the space, creating a lovely sense of calm in the open-plan sitting, dining and kitchen area. Equally pleasing is the stained glass window on the staircase, which casts colourful shadows across the hallway and enlivens a space that can often be overlooked.

This aptly named house in Nottinghamshire blurs the boundaries between indoors and out with a wall of double-height, oak-framed glass walls. Designed to resemble a greenhouse, the wall of south-facing windows filter light into the sitting room on the other side of the house giving the space an airy, relaxed feel. Even hallways are illuminated by overhead glazing, which transforms these long and narrow spaces.

Wrap-around floor-to-ceiling glazing makes for a wonderfully light open-plan living space in this Kentish Town apartment. Occupying the top floor of a former piano factory that has been imaginatively reconfigured by Clive Sall Architecture, the glazing provides uninterrupted views of the city’s skyline. The best bit? The doors can be fully opened, providing access to the wrap-around roof terrace and increasing the sense of space.

The addition of a conservatory brings plentiful amounts of light into the lower-ground floor of this semi-detached Victorian villa in the De Beauvoir Conservation Area. The glazed extension fills the open-plan living, dining and kitchen area with light, while a well-positioned sash window in the front garden lightwell brings additional light into the kitchen. On the ground floor, elegant arched sash windows illuminate a double reception room and an office.

One of the defining features of this three-bedroom house on the Cator Estate in Blackheath is a central lightwell, which bathes the staircase and adjoining rooms in light. A collaboration between architect Eric Lyons and Span Housing, the T15 house was built in 1964 and was designed to be a bright and practical home. On the ground floor, walls of glazing at the front and back of the house create a feeling of openness, while large windows in the three upstairs bedrooms bring further light in.

Most of the windows in this energy-efficient house in North Yorkshire run from floor to ceiling, giving the entire space a wonderful sense of openess. In the first-floor living area, full-height glazing not only floods the space with light, but also offers impressive views across the surrounding Yorkshire Dales. Upstairs, a wall of full-height windows brings light into the bedroom, while cleverly positioned skylights in the double-height hallway pull light right into the centre of the space.