Brighton Grove, New Cross

£615,000

Lovely Victorian railway workers’ cottage in a tucked-away row near New Cross Gate Station (regular and Windrush line services here) and brilliant bus routes as well. Built in 1858, these charming cottages were once for the employees of the nearby London & Brighton Railway - hence the name, Brighton Grove.

Set within Hatcham Conservation Area, your new home has two double bedrooms (one on each floor), a generous bathroom plus guest lavatory, a smart kitchen and a living/dining room onto the cute and low-maintenance ‘city’ garden. A new roof plus new Worcester Bosch boiler are welcome recent additions to the property.

A neat gated front garden fronts the house. There is a little entrance lobby then the hall proper. From here, bedroom one is on your right, of over 10 feet each way. If it suits your setup better, you can use this room as another reception room or home office.

The downstairs w.c. sits next to the stairs. Your independent kitchen is on your right, with oak units, travertine tiling, and a ceramic Butler sink with gadget tap. Your reception room (an addition to the original building) is over 11 feet by over 10 feet, with timber-framed folding doors delivering you to your part-walled garden.

Up to the first floor and a big and windowed bathroom is set to the back of the house, with a roll-top bath, over-bath shower, under-basin cupboard and brick-style tiling.

Your principal twin-windowed bedroom is set to the front of the house. This is over 10 feet by nearly 14 feet, and (as downstairs) has an opened-up fireplace as a central feature.

A well-connected location with pretty, historical buildings and Conservation Areas, and Goldsmiths University plus its contemporary art gallery (Goldsmiths CCA). For parks, Telegraph Hill is close. Southwark, Peckham Rye and Burgess parks aren’t far either.

In New Cross, we like Corner, Wakey Wakey, Cup.PhoBun, The Old Library, Skehan’s, The Rose and The Earl of Derby. Also close you have Peckham Cellars (restaurant and wine shop) by Queens Road Peckham Station and a new pizza place in one of the arches: Connie’s.

You are a short walk, bus ride or cycle from Peckham, Nunhead, Camberwell, Deptford, Bermondsey and Greenwich for more options.