Occupying the raised ground floor of a Grade II listed Georgian terrace, this is a well-proportioned city apartment a mile from the Square Mile, within a stock brick building with a panelled parapet and tall Gothic tracery windows. Opposite stands St John the Baptist, a Regency Church designed by Francis Edwards, Sir John Soane’s foremost pupil.

Ceiling heights are generous, with cornicing intact and dark-stained floorboards underfoot. The principal room runs the full width of the apartment, an open plan kitchen and reception facing the street through twin Gothic tracery windows. A cast iron grate sits within a pale stone fireplace surround, set into a deep alcove lined with shelving. Original timber shutters fold back from each window. The kitchen is along the rear wall, fitted with simple cabinetry and timber worktops.

The double bedroom has a well-proportioned sash window with a garden outlook and generous built-in wardrobes. The bathroom, recently renovated, is finished in large-format marble tiling, with a stone vessel basin and walk-in shower.

A south-facing decked terrace opens off the apartment, enclosed by stock brick on two sides and iron railings to the front. Quiet and generous for a city apartment of this size, it holds warmth well into the afternoon, with space for a table and planting.

The apartment sits a mile from the City, in a neighbourhood rich in history and culture. Hoxton Street’s market has traded since 1687, the oldest in Hackney. The Curzon on Pitfield Street, designed by Casper Mueller Kneer, brought an architecturally considered independent cinema to the neighbourhood. The Regent’s Canal is a short walk, with the Towpath cafe on the canalside at Haggerston.

The Museum of the Home on Kingsland Road documents four centuries of East London domestic life. The Macbeth on Hoxton Street makes for a great local; The Baring, a short walk away, is a well-regarded restaurant led by Rob Tecwyn, formerly of Dabbous. Hoxton Overground and Old Street are equidistant on foot, the latter for the Northern Line and city connections.