De Beauvoir Square, London, N1

Set on the west side of De Beauvoir’s picturesque garden square, this Grade II listed late 1830s Neo-Jacobean house has been reimagined by a team of heritage experts. One of the gabled houses built around the square in the late 1830s, it carries the shaped Dutch gables and lozenge-patterned leaded lights particular to the square.

This five-bedroom house unfolds over four floors. At garden level, the lower ground floor is laid with flagstones over underfloor heating and opens to the rear garden through French doors. The kitchen is bespoke, with a monolithic dining table at its centre. Equipped with solid timber cabinetry and a Lacanche stove, it has a Belfast sink and brass swan-neck tap set under a leaded window, and Original BTC porcelain lighting throughout. A separate utility room and WC adjoin, the utility fitted with a second fridge freezer and a Miele washing machine and dryer.

A reception room of nearly thirty feet runs the full raised ground floor, lit at the front through a canted bay of diamond-leaded glass and at the rear through a tall leaded window between the alcoves. A fireplace stands at either end, the alcoves shelved for books and fitted with Original BTC wall lights on adjustable arms. The floor is reclaimed French parquet. At the end of the vast hallway is a serene study with views of the formal garden below, lined with bespoke glazed cabinetry.

A curving staircase climbs the full height of the house, white-painted with a dark timber handrail, lit at each half-landing by a leaded window. Herringbone parquet runs the length of the hall. The first floor holds three bedrooms. The principal is a double, with a romantic en-suite in glazed white brick tile, a slipper bath and marble washstand with brass fittings. A second quiet double looks over the garden, with a sweet single alongside.

Two more double bedrooms sit under the gables on the second floor, each with a leaded dormer and original boards running throughout. Between them is the family bathroom, its roll-top bath in bare, burnished cast iron beneath a pointed leaded window.

The formal gardens, front and rear, are paved in York stone, with a woodland planting scheme of cyclamen, ferns, hellebores and astrantia. The rear is unusually long for the square, with room to sit and dine out and direct access from the kitchen through French doors. There is a garden store with a trough, and secure side access. The gardens are maintained by the horticultural team at Chase Gardens.

De Beauvoir is one of Hackney’s quieter enclaves, and the square sits at its centre. Albers, the neighbourhood café and bistro, is a short walk away on De Beauvoir Road, and the Scolt Head, much loved locally, stands nearby. The Regent’s Canal is close to the north, with the seasonal Towpath Café along the water. Haggerston and Dalston stations are nearby, on the London Overground into Liverpool Street and the City.