A Carefully Restored Georgian Townhouse in East London

Tucked behind cast-iron railings on one of East London’s most historic terraces, this Georgian townhouse is a real gem. It has been gracefully renovated, restoring and reinstating period features like fireplaces, cornicing, period windows, and carpentry.

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.