White Lion Court began life within the Victorian-era Whitbread Brewery and later housed a recording studio used by the Pet Shop Boys. The 4,443sqft building, near Clerkenwell and the Barbican, has since been converted into a live-work home.

Large gates open onto a partially cobbled courtyard, where the house is set behind Crittall windows and climbing plants. Inside, exposed brick, substantial timber beams and original floorboards remain. Coloured panes interrupt the industrial glazing, and one of the ground-floor rooms retains its soundproofed walls from its recording-studio years.

More than 17 metres of open space run across the first floor. The living and dining areas share the level with a kitchen built around a reclaimed fossil-limestone island. South-facing windows extend across the elevation, with French doors opening onto a terrace of around 250 square feet.

Upstairs are two en-suite bedrooms and an open studio or office that has previously been used as a bedroom. The listing records four bedrooms and four bathrooms in total.

White Lion Court is for sale through Hemingway+K for £5.75 million.

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