Barnsbury Square, Islington N1

A five-bedroom Georgian townhouse with a 69 ft garden

Built around 1830 as part of the Thornhill estate, this townhouse has been in the same family for twenty-two years and is offered for sale for the first time since. The proportions are generous for a terraced house: ceilings rise to over three metres on the ground and first floors, and the original shutters, cornicing and fireplaces survive throughout.

The lower ground floor was opened up in 2019 into a kitchen and dining room running the depth of the house, with steel doors onto the garden and a separate utility and family room at the front. The ground floor keeps its formal pair of drawing and dining rooms, and the whole first floor is given to the principal suite.

Four further bedrooms and a family bathroom are on the top two floors. The garden is laid to lawn with mature borders and a paved terrace, and faces west, so it holds the evening sun.