5 bedroom semi-detached house for sale

50 Ferry Street, designed by renowned architects
Stout & Litchfield rose out of the derelict
industries of the dockyards during the 1970s to
become one of Europe's most architecturally
significant self-build projects.

Its architects better known for designing New
House, Shipton-Under-Wychwood (as featured
in Stanley Kubric's 'A Clockwork Orange'), went onto design these two attached luxury riverside houses between 1976-79, now Grade II listed.

This five bedroom house and garage
measuring 4,700sqft.

This much treasured family home is sold with
scope for modernisation and refurbishment. Its South-facing aspect over the River Thames creates extraordinary views in striking distance of The City of London and Canary Wharf.

The interior retains origional designs popular in
the 1970s (e.g. William Morris and Renee
Macintosh). Some plant and electrics have been updated.

Approached through a private gated courtyard
with stock brick walls. A single garage parking space is retained. A path leads into the garden, offering a welcome sence of separation away from the bustle of city life beyond.

The entrance hall has separate cloakroom and
ground floor study with en suite shower and
conservatory. A spiral staircase leads to an
undercroft, used for storage.

The first floor landing acts as the centre
point between fully fitted kitchen (with
larder), dual aspect drawing room (with
central fireplace) and dining room ideal for entertaining. The drawing and dining rooms have balconies over the water's edge and stunning views across the water to Cutty Sark and Royal Hospital. The large aluminium and timbber windows are double glazed, some with sliding doors.

A timber staircase continues to the second floor,
with four double bedrooms, two bathrooms
and walk in airing cupboard. The oportunity for en-suite bathrooms exists.

A further staircase leads to the third-floor
principal bedroom suite with open vaulted
lounge and south-facing roof terrace. This room leads onto a double bedroom, dressing room and en-suite bathroom.

The vaulted ceilings are slat boarded in a Scandinavian-style. Promi.nant achitectural features to the exterior include: diagonal split pitch apex roof, shape geometric lines, cross-wall pre-cast concrete facade and Westmorland Slate tile roof, infused with triangular clerestory windows.

Terms
Tenure: Freehold
EPC: House Rating D
Council Tax: - Band F,
Local Authority: Tower Hamlets
Utilities: Mains Water, Electricity, Drainage and
Gas with Gas Fired Central Heating.
Fixtures & Fittings: to be agreed by separate
negotiation.
Parking: Garage

Chosen for its spectacular vista
over the River Thames taking in the Old Royal Naval College, the last work of Sir Christopher Wren, as well as the Cutty Sark, Royal Observatory, Queens House and Royal Greenwich Park.

Historic Greenwich itself is immediately
accessible through Greenwich foot tunnel,
200 metres from the property.

The transportation links are excellent:
Island Gardens DLR (0.2 miles) Canary Warf 13 mins and Lewisham National
Rail 10 mins linking mainline trains to London
Bridge approx. 15 mins.

City airport approx 20 mins. Thames Clipper Uber boats run from Greenwich appox 8 mins to Canary Wharf, 18 mins to Westminster, 12 mins to 02 Arena. Old Royal Naval College & Cutty Sark 0.4m,
Historic Greenwich: 0.5 mile, Royal Greenwich
Park: 0.6 mile and Blackheath Village: 2.0 mile.
All via Greenwich Foot Tunnel.

There are a number of good schools in the
area, including:
Canary Wharf College, East Ferry - Ofsted Good
(0.2miles)
George Green School Primary School - Ofsted Good (0.3miles).