Bowling Green Lane, Clerkenwell EC1

Quietly positioned on the corner of a small contemporary development on Bowling Green Lane, this beautifully presented two bedroom apartment offers bright, lateral living space with a great connection to the outside, extending to approximately 710 sq ft.

The apartment’s overall feel is clean, calm and quietly modern, with natural oiled timber flooring to the living areas, carpeted bedrooms, great natural light and generous ceiling heights creating a sense of space and volume, with the terrace adding an attractive extra dimension.

The entrance hall leads through to an open-plan living, dining and kitchen space, which opens directly via three sets of sliding glass doors onto the wraparound terrace running across the width of the reception area and behind both bedrooms. The full-height glazing draws in wonderful natural light and frames leafy views across the terrace towards the neighbouring former school buildings.

Both bedrooms are separate from the main living space, with the principal bedroom offering well considered built-in storage and an en suite shower room. The second bedroom is equally well-proportioned and has access to a separate bathroom positioned off the hallway.

The building itself was developed in 2008, constructed within the grounds of the former Victorian Bowling Green Lane Board School. The neighbouring Grade II listed school building originally dates from 1874, and between 1984 and 2021 served as the global HQ of Zaha Hadid Architects, and is still home to the Zaha Hadid Foundation. This connection gives the immediate setting an interesting link between Clerkenwell’s educational past and its more recent design-led identity.

Bowling Green Lane sits in one of Clerkenwell’s most appealing and leafy pockets, close to the independent restaurants, cafés and pubs of Exmouth Market, with Clerkenwell Green, St. John Street and central Clerkenwell all within easy reach. The area has long attracted architects, designers, makers and media businesses, and still has a distinctive mix of warehouses, former schools, studios, cobbled streets & courtyards and historic institutional buildings.

Farringdon station is nearby, providing excellent connections across London via the Elizabeth line, Thameslink, Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines. The City, King’s Cross, Bloomsbury and the West End are all easily accessible, while the surrounding streets offer a quieter, more local village-like character that feels notably removed from the pace of many of the neighbouring areas.

*Service charge for 2024 not including charges for additional works on communal areas that all lessees contributed to as a one-off charge