Duplex Apartment in Converted Children's Hospital

Architecture & Interior
Retaining the original late-Victorian façade, the former Queen Elizabeth Hospital for children was founded & built in 1870. It helped pave the way for pioneering treatment that rapidly curbed child mortality rates.

The building’s heritage is honoured as you wander through the communal entrance, accessed from Hackney Road, where original brick work has been preserved and gracefully maintained.

Heading one floor upwards within the building and you’ll arrive at the first floor where this apartment is situated and once inside, the scale of the interior starts to materialise. A pair of huge floor to ceiling glazed sashes (one with door access to the private balcony) throws a huge amount of natural light across the hardwood floor.

The completely open plan arrangement of the room sits well with the oversized ceiling height, it feels very loft-like, just a special place to be. One side of the room hosts the kitchen with a nicely balanced blend of cabinetry, built-in appliances, Corian countertops and a glossy tiled wall with open shelving above.

The shower room and WC on this floor sit just to your left as you walk in through the front door to the apartment with the washing machine plumbed in a cupboard under the internal set of stairs

The interior flow continues upwards on the mezzanine bedroom area which surveys the reception through the glazed balustrading. It’s another spacious room which follows the clean contemporary lines of the lower level.

In the Neighbourhood
There’s an enormous sense of community and creativity that still very much pervades the local area. Nowhere is this more evident than the fiercely independent retail and hospitality scene which remains a cool collection of social haunts that are continually supported by local residents throughout the week and into the weekends. Alongside this, London’s East Side has one of the capital’s best mix of markets to enjoy. From food to flea markets, Broadway, Spitalfields, Columbia and Brick Land are just some of the many which pop up the pilgrimage trail to these institutions week in, week out. Whatever you’re into, it’s all on your doorstep.

Transport & Connections
For getting around town, buses on Hackney Road will drop you in the West End or South Bank in around 35 minutes, or you could pick up the Northern Line at Old Street which is around 15 minutes on foot. Liverpool Street is about the same distance for National Rail services including the Stansted Express, along with the Central, Circle, Hammersmith & City and Elizabeth Lines.