Asylum Road, Peckham

£950,000

Offers in excess of £950,000.

A beautiful and characterful flat-fronted semi-detached C19th cottage, with a low-maintenance east-facing ‘city’ garden (with direct and side access) and a substantial garden studio, too.

One of a handsome pair, the house has a strong layout, with both bath and shower rooms, a neutral decorative scheme, and a welcome pared back theme.

The location is also winning - you are pretty much opposite Asylum Chapel and the neighbouring delightful almshouses (listed/protected). Walk just eight minutes to Queens Road Peckham Station for regular and Overground services, or jump on a bus from Old Kent Road (your closest bus stop is just a few minutes away).

You have a gated and paved front garden with attractive railings. Your front door is set to the side of the house. You open directly in to the large double-reception, of over 22 feet by nearly 15 feet. Here you’ll find lovely box-tickers - like sash windows, wooden floors, cool custom-made open storage and two fireplaces.

Past a handy under-stairs cupboard and you’ll find your charming kitchen, with French doors out to your part-walled garden. This faces east so gets fab early sun. A handy fitted shed rests next to the garden studio. The smart studio (with power) is great for home workers, hobbyists, or simply for storing bits and pieces. The pretty Victorian school conversion behind the house is pleasingly easy on the eye.

Up to the first floor and your principal bedroom rests across the width of the house. It’s over 10 feet by over 14 feet, with two sash windows, painted boards underfoot, and a bank of floor-to-ceiling built-in wardrobes to the near wall, plus fitted shelves and a storage platform.

Next door is your shower room which doubles as a utility room (is plumbed for washing machine). And next door to that your bathroom. This has a sash window with a modern white suite, inclusive of a double basin.

Finally, you have your second double bedroom at the back of the house. This is over 11 feet by over 8 feet, with a sash window and built-in shelves to the larger alcove.

This is a very well-connected spot with buses running day and night up to Elephant and Castle and Bermondsey from Old Kent Road, nearby, and with fast and frequent trains just an eight minute walk away at Queens Road Peckham Station (Zone 2 and on the Overground network). Just a couple of stops has you at London Bridge.

Local landmarks include Asylum Chapel: a beautiful Grade II listed building built in 1826, used for shoots, exhibitions, theatrical events and weddings etc. and the architecturally-interesting early C19th almshouses (Caroline Gardens) are also Grade II listed, and the largest almshouse complex in London, no less! A genuinely historically-interesting immediate locale. Newer highlights in the area are AMP Studios (for events, pop-up vintage markets and such) and Bermondsey Community Sauna (on Ilderton Road).

The patch around QRP Station is attracting more and more cool businesses. We particularly rate Peckham Cellars, Mamma Dough, Beer Rebellion, Kudu’s three offerings, and Blackbird Bakery. The Meeting House (cafe through to bar) is getting good reviews too, on nearby Meeting House Lane.

For more options, walk/bus/bike to trendy spots on Bellenden Road and Rye Lane. And Camberwell, Dulwich, New Cross, Deptford, Bermondsey and Borough are also easily reached.

Green spaces locally include Brimmington Park with active ‘Friends of’ group, and Burgess Park. The latter has a great parkrun each Saturday at 9am.