This beautiful three-bedroom apartment is positioned on the top floor of a grand Edwardian mansion block located on a coveted corner of Highgate. The apartment is characterised by its voluminous ceilings and extraordinary period detailing, carefully preserved by the current owners and highlighted by white-washed walls. Original chimneypieces feature in many of the rooms, as does original architectural ironmongery. A luscious communal garden lies at the rear, in addition to an array of large green spaces only a short walk away, including Hampstead Heath, Waterlow Park and the ancient Highgate Wood.

The Building

The building has an extraordinary façade from street level, built from red brick with excellent fenestration and a Dutch gable roof. It has a pleasing symmetrical form punctuated with canted bay windows, further French windows and wonderful arched recesses supported by Portland stone columns. Beautiful plasterwork, painted finials, and quoins adorn the entrance.

The Tour

Stone steps inset with decorative Victorian tiles and flanked by cast-iron railings ascend to the raised ground floor communal entrance. Large, glazed wedding doors open into the building’s wide hallway, where chequerboard tiles run underfoot. A grand oak staircase rises to the fourth floor, where the entrance to the apartment lies. The front door opens onto a long open hallway; reclaimed oak parquet flooring flows throughout.

An exceptionally bright living space lies at the front of the plan with striking sash windows that look out across the city and the terracotta rooftops beyond. This is a wonderfully open room with ornate ceiling strapwork and handsome cornicing. A wood burner also sits neatly in the chimney breast at one end. The timber framed sash windows seen throughout the apartment have been replaced with double glazed versions to ensure energy efficiency.

The well-proportioned main bedroom, currently configured as an office and library, lies adjacent with a smart en suite shower room. Two further bedrooms, one single and one double, sit at the rear alongside a spacious family bathroom predominantly executed in polished stone tiles. Lofty ceilings and sash windows continue within these rooms, adding a seamless sense of flow and continuity between the spaces.

The kitchen sits at the end of this hallway, overlooking mature trees and the smart communal gardens below. Floor-to-ceiling cabinetry, a mixture of duck egg blue, beech and reclaimed iroko, adds ample storage space while further cabinetry and workspace span the length of the wall.

Outdoor Space

Communal gardens lie at the rear of the building, with access via a separate, secure key-operated gate located to one side at Hillside Gardens. The gardens are incredibly peaceful, laid to lawn with mature shrubs, and enclosed by mature trees.

The Area

Highgate Village has a wide variety of shops, cafés, pubs and restaurants, including wine shop Bottle, popular pub The Flask, and fruit and veg shop Greens of Highgate. There is also The Grocery Post on Archway Road, which serves good coffee and groceries. There are excellent schools in the area, including Highgate School, Highgate Primary School, St Michael’s Primary School and Channing.

Jackson’s Lane is also close to an array of large green spaces, including Hampstead Heath and Waterlow Park, as well as the ancient Highgate Wood and Queen’s Wood. A short walk east is Parkland Walk, a disused railway line that has been transformed into a green pedestrian thoroughfare that runs all the way from Highgate to Finsbury Park, and one can walk to Muswell Hill through the beautiful Highgate Woods.

The house is a short walk from Highgate Underground station (Northern Line). The Number 43 bus runs from a nearby stop and journeys towards Moorgate, Bank and London Bridge, the 134 bus runs to Camden Town and Tottenham Court Road, and there are also bus routes which go to Kenwood House, Hampstead, Parliament Hill as well as Finsbury Park.

Tenure: Leasehold
Lease Length: approx. 997
Service Charge: approx. £4140 per annum
Council Tax Band: F

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.