Barry Road, London, SE22

Split-Level Victorian Flat with Serious Garden Potential

Three bedrooms | Share of freehold | Private entrance | 782 sq ft | Huge SE facing private garden | No service charge

This split-level Victorian conversion comes with something most flats can't offer: your own front door and a garden that's genuinely massive. At just over 780 sq ft across three floors, it strikes a nice balance between period character and everyday practicality.

Ground Floor: Your Own Way In

You enter through a private front door – no shared hallways or communal entrance. There's an immediate sense of separation from neighbouring flats, more like a small house than a typical conversion. The ground floor has a bedroom that works well as a guest room or home office, tucked away from the main living areas upstairs.

First Floor: The Main Living Spaces

Head up the internal staircase and you're into the heart of the flat. The reception room sits at the front with two sash windows that get good natural light throughout the day. It's a proper multi-use space – room for a sofa, dining table, and all the usual living room furniture without feeling cramped. The fireplace houses a wood burner, with alcove shelving on either side that's genuinely useful rather than just decorative.

The kitchen's at the back: white cabinets, timber worktops, metro tile splashback, and decent counter space for cooking, with the all-important gas hob! The window overlooks the garden and neighbouring greenery. It's a functional space that's also pleasant to spend time in.

There's also a second double bedroom on this floor with a large window and fitted wardrobes, plus the bathroom – recently done with a walk-in shower enclosure featuring black-framed glass screens that give it a contemporary, Crittall-style look.

Second Floor: Bedroom and Study Space

The top floor has two more bedrooms. The larger one overlooks the rear garden and has fitted wardrobes – it's quiet up here and feels properly separated from the rest of the flat. The third bedroom is smaller but well-proportioned enough to work as a child's room, nursery, or home office. For many buyers, this will immediately read as WFH space: private, away from the main living areas, and with its own character.

The Garden: This is the Big One

Right, the garden. It's genuinely enormous – we're not talking about a small patio or token bit of grass. This is a proper expanse of outdoor space that stretches back much further than you'd expect. There's easily room for dining areas, lawn, planting beds, play equipment, and still space left over. It has an eastern aspect, but also a southern exposure too, and owing to it’s sheer size it will also get sun in the afternoon/evening at the end of the garden.

But here's where it gets interesting: the garden has real potential for a studio or outbuilding (subject to planning). In practical terms, that could mean a proper home office completely separate from your living space, an art studio, a gym, or whatever setup would actually improve how you live and work. For buyers thinking about long-term flexibility – especially around work-from-home – this kind of space is genuinely valuable.

The garden is entirely yours (demised to the property), though there's no direct access from the flat itself (you access around the side of the building), the space and what you do with it is under your control.

The Practical Stuff

Share of freehold means no ground rent and no service charges. There's also a large loft space for storage, and free on-street parking outside.

Location

Barry Road sits between East Dulwich and Peckham Rye, so you get easy access to both. Lordship Lane is about 10 minutes' walk – independent shops, cafés, decent restaurants, the Picturehouse. Peckham Rye Park is even closer: 113 acres of green space, sports facilities, and proper countryside feel when you need it.

For transport, East Dulwich station is roughly 15 minutes on foot (London Bridge in 15 minutes from there), while Peckham Rye station is about 20 minutes' walk and gets you onto the Overground for Shoreditch, Clapham, and Canary Wharf. Multiple bus routes run along Barry Road itself.

The area has good schools nearby and that increasingly hard-to-find mix of creative energy, actual community, and proper convenience.

Why It Works

This flat offers genuinely flexible space, both inside and out. The split-level layout gives each floor its own purpose, the share of freehold means you control your own costs and decisions, and that garden creates opportunities that most flats simply can't match. For buyers who want room to grow – whether that's family, work setup, or lifestyle – this is the kind of property that makes it possible.