Located in the heart of Finsbury Park is Queen’s Drive, where a new collection of apartments are available in a converted Victorian townhouse. Overseen by William Paul Architecture, the refurbishment of the building has resulted in spaces that have been sensitively designed with the help of interior designer Victoria Todd to accentuate their grand proportions. A pared-back material and colour palette mean both apartments have an air of exceptional calm. Queen’s Drive is a short walk from Clissold Park, Stoke Newington Church Street. Blackstock Road is less than a five-minute walk away.

The Building

The converted Victorian townhouse is set back behind a generous front garden; large windows punctuate the handsome London stock brick façade, which is dressed with white stucco. There is a wide, square bay window on the raised ground floor and three sash windows with decorative stone arches lining the first floor.

William Paul Architecture has used a simple aesthetic throughout, placing emphasis on volume and light, guided by original period proportions, high ceilings and sash windows. The new conversion benefits from a Build-Zone 10-year New Home warranty for each apartment.

The Tour

Access to the building is to a communal hallway, where two, one-bedroom apartments are available, both on the raised ground floor. These have been artfully designed using a soft neutral palette to maximise natural light and are characterised by high ceilings and sash windows, grounded by engineered oak floorboards finished in a light wash.

Both apartments have similar layouts, each with an open-plan kitchen, living and dining room. Both of the kitchens are minimally designed with built-in grey Caesarstone quartz worktops and cabinetry. A large bay window in one apartment looks out over the front garden and the tree-lined Queen’s Drive; in the other, the same views are seen through a pair of sash windows.

In both apartments, the bedrooms are situated towards the rear. In these rooms, further sash windows look out over neighbouring verdant gardens.

Each apartment has a bathroom in the centre of the plan – one is en suite. Both are finished in Terrazzo tiles, with black fixtures and fittings, rainfall showers and baths.

Outdoor Space

Both apartments have access to the communal garden at the front of the home. This space has wrought-iron railings, bike storage, low-level planting and is shaded by a large and mature pine tree.

The Area

Queens Drive is conveniently positioned for all the amenities of Finsbury Park, Stroud Green and Stoke Newington, with extremely quick access to central London, via Finsbury Park station, which features a newly opened Picturehouse Cinema Gail’s and Boulangerie Bon Matin. Stroud Green Road, with its wide array of restaurants and shops, is a short walk past Finsbury Park. Also close by is Fink’s Salt and Sweet, a cafe and neighbourhood hub which is famous for its excellent coffee.

Clissold Park lies at the end of the street, less than a five-minute walk south. The park has wide expanses of open lawns and is home to an aviary, menagerie, ponds and tennis courts, along with a modern, sustainably designed pavilion. There is also a skate park, children’s playground and paddling pool. Its eastern side is home to the Grade II-listed, collonaded Clissold Mansion, built in the 1790s for a local Quaker.

Finsbury Park itself lies less than a 10-minute walk away at the end of the street. Parkland Walk, a disused railway line that has been transformed into a green pedestrian thoroughfare, runs all the way from Finsbury Park to Highgate. The beautiful Clissold Park is less than a five-minute walk away, and the nature reserve of Woodbury Wetlands, a haven for wildlife with 11 hectares of reed-fringed ponds and dykes, provides a verdant retreat within easy reach.

The area is very well served for primary schools. The nearby Holmleigh Primary School and Gillespie Primary School are both OFSTED-rated ‘Outstanding’.

Manor House and Finsbury Park Underground stations (for Overground, Victoria and Piccadilly Lines) are less than a 10-minute walk from Queens Drive.

Photography above shows Apartment 4. Fittings and finishes are carried through across both available apartments in Queen’s Drive.

Tenure: Leasehold with Share of Freehold
Lease Length: approx. 999 years remaining
Service Charge: approx. £700 per annum
Council Tax Band: D

Please note that all areas, measurements and distances given in these particulars are approximate and rounded. The text, photographs and floor plans are for general guidance only. The Modern House has not tested any services, appliances or specific fittings — prospective purchasers are advised to inspect the property themselves. All fixtures, fittings and furniture not specifically itemised within these particulars are deemed removable by the vendor.