Buy a piece of Camden history on a quiet mews

A weathered-brick house in London that has more in common with a rustic country barn is on the market for £1.3m through The Modern House. The Grade II*-listed three-bedroom Camden home is a 1960s design by late architect Ted Cullinan and served as his family home.

An innovative pioneer of sustainability, Cullinan reimagined the typical London mews house in stock bricks and timber. Inspired by Le Corbusier’s attitude toward indoor-outdoor living, he and his wife constructed the London property themselves over two years, enlisting friends for help. They partly inspired the term ‘romantic pragmatism’, coined by journalist Peter Davey.

Situated on a long mews north of Camden Square, the upside-down house features an open-plan living and dining area on the first floor that captures sunlight from south-facing glazing. Horizontal timber blinds clad the street-facing windows. Downstairs, three bedrooms and a bathroom sit beneath clerestory windows. Cullinan salvaged road bricks from a work site for the forecourt, which continue inside.

Internal and external staircases connect the two storeys of the London property, and a dining terrace sits at the back of the house, facing a silver birch in the garden.

The neighbourhood is just north of central London, within walking distance of King’s Cross.