Who will take on this preserved Georgian townhouse in East London?

Located in London’s ‘St George In the East’ conservation area, this Grade II-listed Georgian townhouse on fabled Cable Street is rich with history. Built in the late 1700s and extending to around 1,750sqft across four levels, the house has been lived in and patiently restored by the same owners for more than 15 years. The work focused on repair, conservation and reinstatement, stripping back later interventions to reveal its original fabric and details which had previously been lost. The Cable Street Mural, commemorating a local battle resisting fascism in the 1930s, is steps away.

The plan unfolds with quintessential East London Georgian character. A double-return staircase rises from a restrained entrance hall, leading to a raised ground-floor reception that runs front to back, its sash windows framing both street and garden. Original shutters, wide floorboards, fireplaces and early 19th-century cornicing remain intact, while lighting is deliberately limited to lamps and candlelight. Below, kitchen and breakfast rooms are rooted firmly in the age of the house, with reclaimed quarry tiles, salvaged timbers and a traditional larder set against an external wall. Upper floors hold a generous principal suite and two further bedrooms, alongside a bathroom fitted with early-20th-century fixtures.

A private walled garden completes the house, planted densely with long-established shrubs, climbers and fruit. It’s listed for £2.3 million with Unique Property Company.