Come home to a roaring frontage and wrap yourself in the fiery warmth of these ten unique homes. From the coasts of Sussex and Kent to village life in Wiltshire and London’s inner cities, they all stand testament to the timeless beauty of bricks and mortar.
Hall or nothing
Breathtaking proportions await inside this converted church hall close to the centre of Hastings on the Sussex coast.
The flexible accommodation includes a three-bedroom home on the upper levels, and a self-contained two-bedroom apartment on the ground floor with its own street entrance.
£1,825,000 – click here for the image gallery, floor plans and description
Shore thing
At the edge of a seafront nature reserve and a short walk from Ramsgate on the Kent coast, this newly converted 1100 sq ft two-bedroom apartment in a former manor house. From the private deck hugging the original bricks and mortar walls, the views across the lawns towards the English Channel are breathtaking.
£625,000 – click here for the image gallery, floor plans and description
Recovery rooms
Unfolding over three floors of the converted superintendent’s house of the former Hither Green Hospital, this vast triplex apartment of 2,300 sq ft is characterised by its high ceilings and enormous windows creating a backdrop of light-filled grandeur.
£875,000 – click here for the image gallery, floor plans and description
Industrial pioneer
Ripe for a refit, this double-height apartment sits on the first floor of London’s original loft building in a canalside setting on Limehouse Cut.
Converted in the mid-80s, the former Spratts pet food canning factory set the stage for industrial city living.
£550,000 – click here for the video tour, gallery and plans.
Surrey sanctuary
Set amidst private open parkland in the Surrey countryside close to Coulsdon, this four-bedroom apartment of 2100 sq ft is converted from a former asylum.
Today it’s an oasis of calm pairing laidback design with soft modernity in a perfect place to escape.
£700,000 – click here for the image gallery, floor plans and description
Factory retrofit
Vintage industrial aesthetics run throughout this ruggedly refined 1250 sq ft loft converted from a magnificent Edwardian printworks in Hoxton, with a private terrace overlooking the internal courtyard at an early Manhattan Loft Corporation project.
£1,550,000 – click here for the image gallery, floor plans and description
Legal appeal
Serving the ultimate in flexibility, from multi-generational living to running a business or simply having space to stretch out and create, this converted coroner’s with a separate coach house has a roof terrace, central landscaped garden, and three separate addresses.
Offers over £3,500,000 – click here for the image gallery, floor plans and description
Giddy heights
With a triple-height central living space below yawning vaulted ceilings, this converted Victorian chapel in Camberwell combines dizzying volumes, intimate hideaways, and a remarkable fusion of contemporary design and ecclesiastical heritage.
£2,950,000 – click here for the image gallery, floor plans and description
Clean up
A major landmark in the centre of Kentish Town, this former bathhouse is a magnificent slice of Victorian municipal architecture and home to a two-bedroom 1500 sq ft two-bedroom duplex apartment with a 670 sq ft living room.
£775,000 – click here for the image gallery, floor plans and description
Answered prayers
Just a few miles outside bustling Salisbury, and flanked by the stone walls of rustic thatched cottages in the peaceful Wiltshire village of Barford-St-Martin, this converted Wesleyan chapel is now a four-bedroom home with a surprisingly large garden.
£550,000 – click here for the image gallery, floor plans and description
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