The Colonnades is a converted late nineteenth-century warehouse, eponymously named and characterised by grand classical columns, which emphasise the vast proportions of the former industrial spaces. This one-bedroom apartment sits on the raised ground floor with soaring ceilings and tranquil views of the gardens.

The windows run in triplets along the rear elevation, broad runs of glazing divided by slender timber into large panes and reaching close to the full height of the wall, set within the building’s original apertures with views of the tree canopy and gardens below and drawing light far into the rooms.

London stock brick is left exposed across the bedroom and around the reception window reveals, set against pale, sand-toned walls, with herringbone parquet underfoot. The kitchen is laid out in a horseshoe around the windows, pale shaker cabinetry beneath dark stone worktops, with the sink set beneath the vast window. In the bedroom, a full-height oak Jack and Jill wardrobe opens to both the room and the hall, its quartered grain and recessed pulls answering the room’s restraint. The bathroom is plain and white-tiled, with the herringbone running on underneath and the same timber carried through in the joinery.

The Colonnades is home to a thriving creative community, lived and worked in for many years by artists, designers and others drawn to the building’s light and proportions. The apartment comes with a private car parking space within the building’s gated yard. At the heart of the building, the garden is mature and well established, with lawns and winding paths laid out beneath large plane trees and a run of pergolas. Enclosed by the two ranges, it stays private and quiet, and gives the Colonnades much of its character.

Wilton Way is known for its independent restaurants and shops. The building sits towards the eastern end of the street, a few minutes from Hackney Central, the street is home to: Ornella, the new Milanese restaurant, alongside Violet, the Wilton Way Deli and Mantel, the Art Deco and Modernist design showroom, with the Spurstowe Arms nearby and Broadway Market and London Fields a little further south.

Hackney Central station is roughly four minutes on foot, with London Overground services to Highbury & Islington and Stratford. Hackney Downs, about ten minutes away, runs direct to Liverpool Street.