St. Mary's Road, London, SE15

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Every Surface Was Chosen With Care - And It Shows. This stylish maisonette was taken back to brick then reinvented with a marble-topped Ferren kitchen and gorgeous bathrooms. It’s on one of Nunhead’s leafiest streets and only a 10 minute walk from the shops and the station.

When a renovation is done properly you can often feel the difference before you've consciously noticed anything specific. The honed marble worktop. The acoustic insulation that gives a sense of quiet calm. The way the zoned lighting shifts the mood of the room.

The first floor opens into an open plan living, kitchen and dining space that has been thoughtfully reconfigured. A wall was moved to make space for a proper dining table, a sofa you can sink into, and a kitchen worth spending time in. 

The kitchen is handmade by Ferren, with honed Arabescato Crema marble worktops and splashback giving a soft, milky finish that photographs well but looks even better in person. The downdraft hob vents externally, so there's no extractor hood interrupting the view across the room. Matching dresser units in the dining area carry the design through without forcing it.

Three arched windows frame the trees outside, and with the engineered oak flooring underfoot and the Selene marble fireplace on the opposite wall, the whole space has a calm, considered quality that's hard to manufacture. 

Zoned lighting means you can dial the atmosphere up or down depending on whether it's a Tuesday morning or a Saturday night.

The bathroom on this floor was designed and installed by Ferren Bathrooms. An oversized 1800mm double-ended bath sits alongside a walk-in rain shower with a recessed niche - and the shower controls are positioned so you can get it running before you get in. Claybrook wall tiles, Mandarin Stone floor tiles and an oak veneer Haddon vanity unit complete the picture.

The second bedroom on this floor is a proper king-size room with built-in wardrobes and another leafy view from the window.

The main bedroom is upstairs, along with a smaller third bedroom.

The main bedroom has two bespoke built-in wardrobes painted in Little Greene Arras, with matching headboard wall panelling and integrated reading lights. Sliding doors open onto a Juliet balcony with a far-reaching view across the rooftops and trees. 

The ensuite is another Ferren bathroom - with a walk-in shower, hidden bottle niche, bespoke full-width mirror with integrated lighting and the same quality tapware throughout.

Bedroom three has push-to-open hidden wardrobes with matching wall panelling, full-width eaves storage and two Velux windows that bring in excellent natural light.

The recent improvements are not just cosmetic. The whole flat was fully rewired and has a brand-new Worcester Bosch boiler with Victorian column radiators throughout. The roof has been replaced front and back. External walls are insulated, and the floors and walls are acoustically insulated too.

Outside, the front path is planted with lavender, Carex 'Moonlight' and Mexican feather grass. St Mary's Road is one of the wider, tree-lined streets in the area, sitting neatly between Peckham and Nunhead with both to explore.

Nunhead station is only a ten-minute walk away for Thameslink and National Rail services. Queens Road Peckham - with Overground and National Rail - is about the same. 

Hollydale Primary School, rated “Good” by Ofsted, is five minutes away on foot. 

Bar Dinner 4100 is around the corner, Skehans and The Old Nun's Head are close by for a drink, and Nunhead Lane has a local butcher, greengrocer and fishmonger, plus Mother Superior for wine.

A thoughtfully designed maisonette on a beautiful street, with the renovation already completed and two excellent stations within ten minutes - this is the kind of home that gets snapped up fast.

KEY FEATURES

• A full back-to-brick renovation in 2026 covering every room, surface and fitting across two floors of a split-level maisonette

• Handmade Ferren shaker kitchen with honed Arabescato Crema marble worktops 

• Two Ferren-designed bathrooms - one with an oversized double-ended bath, one with a walk-in shower and full-width lit mirror

• Main bedroom with bespoke built-in wardrobes, matching wall panelling and a Juliet balcony with far-reaching views

• Brand-new Worcester Bosch boiler, full rewire, new roof front and back, with acoustic and external wall insulation throughout

• Engineered oak flooring, Selene marble fireplace, bespoke alcove shelving and Victorian column radiators on the first floor

• Third bedroom with hidden push-to-open wardrobes, wall panelling and full-width eaves storage

• Hollydale Primary School (rated “Good” by Ofsted) is a five-minute walk away

• Nunhead station (Thameslink and National Rail) and Queens Road Peckham (Overground) are both around ten minutes on foot

• Bar Dinner 4100, Skehans, Artusi and the independent shops of Nunhead Lane are all within easy reach