Thornhill Crescent, London, N1

A rare opportunity to rent a large, beautifully presented one-bedroom period conversion on the garden floor of a Grade II-listed Victorian townhouse in one of Islington’s most distinguished crescents.

The flat is open and airy: it has wide French windows at the front, opening from the reception onto a sunny private patio, and a back garden visible through the bedroom, and easily accessible from the bathroom. Daylight at both ends, all day. The bedroom is unusually generous and divides naturally into a sleeping area and a home office, separated by hand-embroidered Vietnamese muslin curtains. The shared back garden — the largest in this part of the crescent — adjoins Barnsbury Wood, a protected nature reserve totally enclosed since 1860, and the largest area of woodland in Islington.

Accommodation comprises: a large bedroom with built-in hand-painted wardrobes, custom boat-bed and home office area, with views onto the back garden; a modern bathroom with walk-in shower, washer/dryer and heated tiled floor, giving onto a small east-facing rear patio and the shared garden beyond; a modern kitchen with integrated appliances and induction hob; a large west-facing reception with original fireplace and Victorian range, sofa bed for visiting guests, and wide French windows onto the private front patio with vault storage. The flat is fully furnished, all appliances included.

Thornhill Crescent and Thornhill Square form an unusual large ovoid ellipse — a neoclassical plan in the manner of Bath, Edinburgh or Cheltenham, but with early-Victorian architecture above. At the centre stands St Andrew’s Church (1854); Cherry & Pevsner (The Buildings of England) describe it as “like a medieval village church transposed into this classical suburban layout.”

The Evening Standard’s March 2026 area guide positioned Barnsbury as among the most desirable parts of London to live in, illustrating the piece with an aerial photograph of this Crescent and Square. Islington has eleven theatres — including Sadler’s Wells, the Almeida and the King’s Head — several independent cinemas, and the Emirates Stadium, all within walking distance. Available now on a furnished basis.