Once in a while I highlight a home that’s for sale on the open market. Here’s the latest deemed worthy of a feature on my website. An elegant and stylish huguenot weavers home which sits on one of, in my opinion, London’s prettiest terraces - this is No.27 Fournier Street.

A hop, skip and a stylish jump from neighbouring Redchurch Street and the bustling Spitalfields Market and Brick Lane, No.27 is ideally located for those seeking a timelessly refined interior but with all the happenings of East London - quite literally - on the doorstep.

“Dating from the 1720s it is located in Fournier Street, the most prestigious street in the area and home to some of the best preserved early Georgian domestic town-houses in Britain, few of which ever come on the market. Originally built for a wealthy French Huguenot family, this impressive listed building covers 4,313 sqft (401m2) configured over five floors. It has been lovingly and carefully restored by the current owner, an art collector and connoisseur, to retain all its original features, including the eighteenth century panelled interiors, sash windows and fireplaces as well as an imposing George I staircase.” - Knight Frank.

“ There are about one hundred and thirty Georgian terrace houses in the historic heart of Spitalfields, centred around Nicholas Hawksmoor's magnificent Baroque Christ Church, completed in 1729. Of these houses – all of which are precious and generally different in the plans, forms and details – a half dozen or so are particularly important and architecturally impressive. This is partly a result of their larger than usual size but also because of the richness of their interiors, the erudition and ambition of their design and execution, and the completeness of their preservation. Number 27 Fournier Street is one of these particularly important and special houses.” – Dan Cruickshank, Architecture and Art Historian, BBC.

It’s somewhat hard to believe when you see an example of a Spitalfields townhouse such as this, No.27 Fournier Street, that the Spitalfields Trust - a charity organisation setup in 1977 to protect the historic buildings of East London - are still having to fight to protect local buildings. If you are interested in the local East London conservation, visit @spitalfields_trust and support the work they do to preserve these wonderful buildings. Some of the Spitalfields buildings are in less fortunate hands or circumstances than this one.

“An impressive eighteenth century front door opens into a spacious entrance hall from which a majestic staircase rises through the house. On the ground floor to the right a well-proportioned living room extends from front to back; to the left there is a large guest cloakroom.” - Knight Frank.

“The basement has been carefully restored with stone flags and underfloor heating throughout. This provides a large well-appointed kitchen with hand made dresser units and informal breakfast room.” - Knight Frank.

”On the first floor lie the four formal reception rooms of the house. Addressing either street or garden, their elegant panelled interiors and high ceilings contribute to a sense of great space and light. On the floors above there are four bedroom suites. On the second floor two front facing large double bedrooms address the street with accompanying bathrooms overlooking the garden.” - Knight Frank.

“The secluded garden is enclosed by old brick walls with a central stone paved seating area surrounded by planted beds of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants.” - Knight Frank.

The price? It’s on application. If money were to be no objet, this is, in my opinion, a London home to last you a lifetime. Spend wisely.

For more information, visit Knight Frank.

Feature: Rory Robertson.

Images: Knight Frank.

E1 Fournier Street

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