This Victorian townhouse isn’t your typical historical home; it’s a thoughtful reimagining, where heritage character meets contemporary design with effortless sophistication. Divided over four beautifully designed floors, the house is a luxurious abode in central London.

We are starting the tour on the house’s garden level, where you will find the kitchen, dining room, and a television room with access to the garden through beautiful arched crittall doors. A skylight brings even more natural light into this lower ground-floor plan.

A central wooden island with a marble worktop draws the eye. It is surrounded by classic shaker cabinetry and high-end touches, including a Lacanche range cooker and Officine Gullo sink.

A small pantry is fitted just off the kitchen and under the stairs, using light pink zellige tiles and cabinets with marble tops, paired with green linen curtains.

A dining area has been created in the center of the plan, using a sleek wooden table surrounded by four dining chairs with green upholstery and a built-in banquette, offering space for up to eight people.

At the front of the lower ground floor plan is a cozy television room with bespoke built-in cabinets.

The ground floor is home to a double reception room that stretches the entire length of the house.

There are plenty of period elements in this room. High ceilings crowned with ornate cornicing, a carved stone fireplace, and streams of natural light from full-height sash windows create a space that feels both grounded in tradition and elevated by design.

One end of the room is arranged for relaxed lounging, while the other is geared for entertaining, with a marble dining table and pouffe seating nestled beneath an internal window that amplifies the sense of space.

A small room on the ground floor has been turned into a pink dressing room with built-in wardrobes, a vanity table, and a patterned ceiling.

The first floor is home to a luxurious master suite and the second bathroom.

The principal suite features bespoke joinery, a velvet headboard, an en-suite bathroom, and a pink dressing room.

The marble-clad en suite is complete with dual vanity and indulgent double rainfall showers.

The second bedroom is a serene space with olive green walls and light textiles.

The second bathroom pairs pink paneling with checkerboard tiles and an arched alcove bath.

The townhouse is listed to rent for £6,000 p/w on Domus Nova.

Exposed oak posts, beams, and mullioned windows with ogee mouldings sit alongside elegant tuckpointed red brick, stucco flourishes, and original crown glass sash windows. Together, these elements create a richly layered home that stands proudly among the distinguished historic buildings that define Ipswich’s town centre.

The oldest parts of the house are believed to date back to around 1420. Clues like the way the timber frame was constructed, using a spoon auger to drill holes, and the broadside placement of the first-floor ceiling beams support the local stories of its late medieval origins.

This section forms the heart of the home, featuring a jettied upper floor and walls made from timber posts with panels of haired chalk, lath, and brick infill.

In the mid-18th century, the house was refronted with a Georgian facade, including tuckpointed red brick, stucco banding, sash windows, and a six-panel front door.

In recent years, the house has been meticulously restored, preserving the historic character and showcasing the historic architectural bones beautifully.

You enter the home in a two-part hall. The entry hall is painted in ‘Picture Gallery Red’ and ‘Joa’s White’ by Farrow & Ball. The inner hall, with the staircase, is painted in ‘Blue Blood’ by Paint and Paper Library. Original waxed pine floorboards lie underfoot.

A four-panelled door with linen fold carving opens to the kitchen and breakfast room in the medieval part of the house. The rooms have a semi-open floor plan with Red Suffolk bricks and flagstones on the floor, which have been recovered from the garden.

The breakfast room features a butler sink paired with blue and white tiles with floral patterns.

The kitchen features reclaimed mahogany cabinets and a 17th-century oak mule chest that is used as the kitchen island.

The fluted stone sink sits underneath the timber-mullioned and leaded window with tracery topped with pargeting depicting a grapevine.

A cozy nook in the kitchen features a stone fireplace with an oak surround carved with insignia, vine leaves, and linen fold motifs.

The snug on the ground floor is partially paneled in oak and features a large fireplace and terracotta pink walls.

To the front of the house lies a formal dining room with six-over-six sash windows with the original embrasure shutters. The room features a pine Adam-style fireplace and deep blue and crimson hand-painted, embroidered silk wallpaper from Fromental.

A staircase with a mahogany handrail leads you to the first floor.

At the front of the house, spanning the entire width, lies the formal sitting room featuring frescoed pillars and a carved mantelpiece (rumored to be designed by Adams) with Carrara marble.

The formal sitting room and the first-floor landing also open to a music room with Japanned panelling and a clerestory window.

The first floor houses three bedrooms and two bedrooms. The rooms in the medieval part feature beautiful timber frames, carved panelling, mullioned windows, and wide oak floorboards. 

The room at the back of the house features an oriel window overlooking the garden. The room is painted in  ‘Smalt’ by Little Greene to match the stained glass in the window.

The largest bathroom on this floor features a light pink rolltop bath, Moroccan-style floor tiles, and a unique historic wash basin.

The primary bathroom on the top floor has a unique barrel-vaulted ceiling painted in a bright green shade matching the frame-stretched cotton damask covering parts of the walls.

The bathroom on this floor is painted in a terracotta pink shade and features a wooden built-in bath under the window.

The house features a charming walled garden. The courtyard terrace is paved with flagstones and mottled Suffolk pamment tiles. Beyond this, there is a garden with raised herbaceous borders, climbing flowers, and productive fruit trees.

The house is listed for £800,000 at Inigo.

The townhouse has a floor size of 160 square meters, divided over four storeys, and features three bedrooms, a double-aspect living space, and a lush green garden connected to the lower ground floor kitchen and dining room.

Original period details, high ceilings, and intricate cornicing are paired with a tactile palette of materials, including exposed brickwork, steel-framed glazing, natural stone, and warm timber.

Entry to the house is on the raised ground floor, where you will find a double reception room painted in contrasting colors.

The back room, with its beautiful curved glass wall overlooking the garden and a bullnose marble fireplace, has been turned into a dining area with walls painted in a soft light pink hue.

The sitting room lies at the front of the plan and is painted in a moody black shade that highlights the white-painted cornice and the marble fireplace.

On the lower ground floor, you will find the kitchen and dining room, which is the heart of the home.

The dining area features a beautiful exposed brick fireplace hearth paired with built-in storage and wooden ceiling beams painted in a light, neutral shade.

The kitchen is situated at the back of the house, featuring glass doors that lead to the lush garden. The kitchen design is classic and in harmony with the house’s architectural style. Navy blue shaker cabinets are paired with a wooden countertop, brass fittings, and a butler sink.

Tongue-and-groove paneling forms the backsplash on one side, adding a touch of cottage-style to the kitchen. Beautiful, large limestone tiles lie beneath your feet.

The south-facing garden is a wonderful, private, and green haven in the heart of London.

The first floor is home to the master bedroom, a dressing room, and the bathroom. The bedroom opens to a private balcony through tall doors flanked by original shutters.

Via a dressing room, you enter the classic bathroom with a rolltop bath, a separate shower, and marble floor tiles.

The top floor is home to two additional bedrooms, one painted in a moody, dark blue shade and the other in gray.

The house is listed for £1,850,000 at Aucoot.

Located on Cassland Road, near the green expanses of Victoria Park and London Fields, the house spans nearly 2,000 sq ft across four luminous storeys. Behind its symmetrical sash windows and classic brick façade lies a home where 18th-century heritage and considered modern living exist in perfect harmony.

Built between 1792 and 1800, the townhouse is unique and a rare survivor in East London. Its almost untouched Georgian rhythm and form have benefited from a meticulous restoration guided by John Simpson Architects, whose portfolio includes Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace, and historic colleges in Oxford and Cambridge.

Inside, the original character has been preserved and beautifully enhanced. Mouth-blown glass still shimmers in the front sash windows. Six- and four-panelled doors, working shutters, and finely restored fireplaces sit alongside exacting new joinery, recreated with a deep respect for the building’s history.

Each floor of the house has been designed with light and flow in mind. Original cornicing crowns the rooms, while elegant proportions allow for flexible, modern living without compromising the period charm.

Bow windows, painstakingly reinstated using archive drawings and a neighbouring home as reference, frame the garden at the rear.

Throughout the home, advice from Papers and Paints, experts in historic finishes, guided the color palette. The result is a series of rooms that feel historically authentic and quietly contemporary, layered in soft, heritage colors and carefully selected wallpapers.

The ground floor is home to a double reception room with sash windows in the front and a large bay facing the garden. Both rooms feature intricate cornices and waist-height paneling paired with built-in bookshelves.

The 18th-century chimneypiece in the sitting room was sourced and installed by the current owners and paired with a period register grate from Walcot Reclamation in Bath.

A carefully conceived extension on the lower ground floor has been added to keep with the building’s heritage. A once-sealed fireplace in the kitchen has been reopened to house an Aga, and a previously hidden vault has been transformed into a cool, stone-lined wine cellar.

The cream cabinets are paired with Westmorland green slate countertops and a window-studded wall painted in a gentle terracotta hue called Ointment Pink by Farrow and Ball. 

The kitchen opens up into a dining room painted in the same terracotta shade as the kitchen. The dining room showcases beautiful period elements like the flagstone floor and exposed wooden beams.

The wide fireplace was salvaged from the Eccentric Club in St James’s, and the curved half-glazed doors are a new addition to provide easy access to the garden.

This lower ground floor has been extended by John Simpson with a utility room and a bathroom.

The walls in the hallway are painted in a warm ochre shade by Papers and Paints, paired with the original wooden floorboards.

The first floor is home to two bedrooms. The largest room, at the front of the house, has been transformed into a classic library space.

This is exactly how you would picture a library room in a historic house. Smokey-green bookcases and cabinets are paired with a crimson-red wallpaper. The same green hue is used for the fireplace, the window shutters, and the paneling.

The master bedroom lies at the back of the first floor, featuring the same rounded window as the floors below, offering wonderful views of the green garden below.

There are two more bedrooms on the top floor. Both rooms feature striped wallpaper, one in yellow and one in blue.

The blue room features a charming balcony with floor-to-ceiling glass doors.

The family bathroom is designed in a classic style with a Victorian rolltop bath, a marble panel with a shower, and green walls.

The townhouse has a wonderful garden in the city of London. The brick walls are clothed in clematis and old varieties of rambling roses. 

Planted with rare heritage roses, mature trees, and seasonally shifting greenery, the garden unfolds like a secret world.

Entry to the house is through this bottle green front door set within a round arched stucco recess and below a fanlight.

The house is listed for £2,100,000 at Inigo.

PL Studio‘s brief was to inject personality, positivity, and confidence into rooms that once felt lacklustre. The result is a kaleidoscopic design packed with exuberance, where daring palettes and unexpected details bring each floor to life.

A captivating Majorelle blue acts as a connecting thread, weaving through the home and linking the distinct, spirited spaces together. And on the top floor, you will find a spacious roof terrace with panoramic views.

The house is laid out over three floors. You enter the home on the ground floor in a large entrance hall from where you can step into this sitting room/home office.

The home office has charming bubblegum pink walls, and three arches have been created for each bookcase. The ceiling is fitted with a surrealist sky-design paper.

Arch shapes are a recurrent design feature in the home. An arched doorway with a pink curtain in the home office gives access to a small storage space.

The entrance hall is painted in the vibrant Majorelle blue shade, which will feature in more rooms in the house.

An open and light staircase connects the floors in the townhouse.

For this home tour, I am moving straight to the upper floor where you can find a stunning open-plan living room and kitchen.

The room is half-painted in a pastel blue-green shade with a pastel pink border. Geometric shapes in bolder orange and Majorelle blue tones add a nice design element.

At the back of the room is a spacious kitchen made of pastel pink and white Pluck cabinets topped with an acrylic countertop. On one side, wall-mounted, glass-fronted cabinets made of Nordic oak add more storage.

The middle floor is home to two bedrooms. The jade-colored master bedroom has two-toned viridescent walls.

Another arched cut-out gives access to the built-in wardrobe, which is semi-hidden from view by a sheer curtain.

The second bedroom has a wonderful green and white striped ceiling. The bathroom on this floor is painted in pastel pink with black borders (just as in the master bedroom). And there is an arched entrance into the bath.

On top of the house is a large roof terrace with panoramic views that lends itself perfectly for entertaining and relaxing.

The house is listed for £920,000 at The Modern House.

The comprehensive restoration includes a complete renewal of structural and design elements, featuring bespoke cabinetry, exquisite decorative finishes, and elegant architectural additions. A striking custom-built kitchen and sophisticated bathrooms have been carefully selected to harmonize with the home’s historic character.

We start the tour on the lower ground floor, which was structurally reimagined, lowering the floor so the rooms were given a higher ceiling. At the front of the floor lies a charming sitting room with a large pink sofa and walls painted in a cozy terracotta shade.

The kitchen is located in the center of the floor with pocket doors that can close it off from the sitting area. The bespoke kitchen cabinets are painted in a lovely green shade and paired with brass ironmongery by Armac Martin and pale Silestone countertops.

The wall is decorated in the Lewis and Wood’s ‘Windrush’ wallpaper.

The central island unit houses a Villeroy and Boch double butler sink with a Perrin and Rowe brass mixer tap.

At the back of the room lies the dining area, which was entirely rebuilt and now has an extra high ceiling with an expansive roof light

On the ground floor, you will find a double reception room that is used as a dining room in the front room and a home office in the back. The dining room features a beautiful marble fireplace flanked by bookshelves.

The back room is a charming home office with green walls and a beautiful shuttered roundhead window overlooking the garden.

The entire first floor is home to a master suite with a walk-in closet and a bathroom. The wooden bed frame and headboard were custom-built to match the wardrobes.

The master suite is located in a newly extended part of the house, directly above the hallway. It features patterned marbles from Mandarin Stone and Fired Earth, a spacious shower enclosure, and a separate Japanese-style soaking bath. 

A large antique sideboard is turned into the vanity topped with double sinks with Carrara marble tops and art deco brassware by Perrin and Rowe.

The top floor is home to a second bedroom with white butt-and-bead paneling and two large skylights.

The private walled garden was designed by award-winning garden designer Adolfo Harrison. The walls have been newly built from reclaimed London stock brick and reclaimed Yorkstone has been used for the terrace.

The house is listed for £3,300,000 at Inigo.

Casa do Mercado stands out for its natural charm and cozy minimalist aesthetic. The two-story home spans 138 square meters and includes three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a dining area with an open kitchen, and a spacious living room.

The interior’s spacious, natural ambiance is enhanced by lime-wash walls in earthy tones and wooden accents, creating a calming, homey atmosphere throughout.

The ground floor features an airy living area with a wood-burning stove.

The minimalistic white kitchen features Portuguese marble countertops and backsplash tiles in subtle pink shades.

The kitchen has room for a rounded white dining table and natural chairs.

A beautiful wooden floor adds warmth to the minimalistic bedroom with a wooden platform bed and wardrobes hidden by linen curtains.

The shower features the same square pink tiles as the kitchen backsplash.

The house is listed for sale at Fantastic Frank Lisbon.

During the renovation work in 2021/2022, the owners focussed on keeping and adding natural materials, including oak, stone, handmade tiles, and brass, to maintain the building’s authentic character.

The townhouse’s entry features original Mallorcan stone flooring, featuring intricate patterns that echo the property’s rich past.

The 3.6-meter-high ceilings and exposed wooden beams lend a sense of grandeur, while a discreetly integrated elevator provides seamless access to the upper floors.

A pair of glass iron doors give access to the bespoke kitchen with solid oak cabinets, a robust stone countertop, and brass fittings, adding a touch of understated luxury.

The kitchen is fitted with green backsplash tiles, matching the color of the outdoor shutters. There is a also a door to the patio, creating easy access for an indoor/outdoor living experience.

The ground floor also houses a home office/library room. The room features vibrant hydraulic tiles and a bespoke Art Deco-inspired fireplace with receding geometric details.

The first floor is home to the main living room, featuring large windows with dark shutters in two directions, a white fireplace, and dark exposed ceiling beams. The room also opens to a terrace with a stone staircase leading to the patio.

On the upper levels, you can find six spacious bedrooms (ranging from 23 to 35 square meters). The rooms have light beige microcement flooring and exposed ceiling beams, creating serene rooms with a rustic, historic touch.

The en-suite bathrooms are designed with handmade Moroccan tiles in blue or green tones, brass fittings, and high ceilings. Some bathrooms have a freestanding bath, like the master suite bathroom, and some rooms have a shower.

The location of the townhouse is ideal, offering beautiful views of the Sóller village and the Tramuntana mountains.

The property’s exterior is a stunning tribute to Mallorcan architecture. The textured stonework is softened by blush-toned stucco, while traditional olive-green wooden shutters frame the windows with timeless charm.

The patio is a serene haven with a citrus tree in the center and a mosaic of natural stone flooring.

The patio also features a crystal-clear, onyx green pool designed with straight lines, contrasting the historic architecture of the townhouse and the patio.

The townhouse is listed for sale at Fantastic Frank Palma – photography by Lucía Gorostegui

The interiors of this 156 square meter townhouse are a blend of original elements paired with bohemian and even industrial elements, creating a unique home in the heart of Amsterdam.

The front door opens into this impressive dining room with a ceiling height of almost 4.30 meters, high ceilings, and bookcases. A large rustic, industrial dining table sits in the center of the room and through the large windows you have a great view of the historic Amsterdam street.

The beautiful windows with wooden shutters flood this split level floor with natural light.

A few steps up, you enter the kitchen with rustic wooden cabinets paired with concrete worktops.

On the first floor lies the living room that runs the entire length of the house. The sitting area is located at the back, while a home office is created at the front. In between stands a fireplace that creates a cozy atmosphere in the colder months.

The spacious bathroom features a reclaimed wooden mirror, a black washbasin, a freestanding bath, and a black-tiled shower.

On the top floor, a second kitchen has been installed, so you don’t have to take all your food and drinks upstairs if you want to lounge on the roof terrace.

The small, but charming roof terrace features a large corner sofa and it offers gorgeous views of Amsterdam.

The townhouse is listed for sale at Funda.

Many original details have been preserved, like the fireplaces, a gorgeous bay window, stained glass, and wooden doors. The owners decorated the home in a light color palette with contemporary design and the occasional green color accent, including the teal green painted bay window.

Lots of light flows into the historic home, creating spacious and bright spaces. The living room is divided into two rooms, with a music room at the front featuring a stunning teal green painted bay window.

En suite doors with cupboards on both sides separate the two living spaces. The oak floorboards create a harmonious look on the ground floor.

The sitting room is painted in a stunning green shade and also features a black fireplace. The extended conservatory also floods this room with light.

The back of the house has been extended, and now, it houses a bright and modern kitchen with white cabinets, green backsplash tiles, and an island with a bar table attached.

The calm master bedroom has light gray walls, a fireplace, and a balcony.

The en suite bathroom has two sinks and a walk-in shower.

The family bathroom has the same green hexagon tiles as the kitchen.

The house is listed for sale at Puur Makelaars.