Our top properties of the week

Welcome to our weekly property digest, where we bring together the best homes for rent and sale across the world. This week, we have an art collector’s Belgian home and a colossal church conversion in London.

Maximalist apartment in Paris, France

1 bedroom; from $655 per night via onefinestay
This Le Marais home dates back to the 17th century on one of Paris’ oldest streets, and its rooms are filled with antiques and objects. A carved stone fireplace features in the sitting room and guests can dine beneath a huge ceiling mural. See more.

Church conversion in London, UK

4 bedrooms; £6.5m via The Modern House
Interior designer Harriet Holgate transformed this soaring chapel conversion in London’s Kensal Green which combines gothic features combine with contemporary design. The red-brick Victorian church has an exposed full-heigh sanctuary which been repurposed as an open-plan living room and kitchen, with painted beams and trusses. Get a closer look.

1950s screen star in Massachusettes, US

3 bedrooms; $1.4m via ModernMass
Architect Walter Pierce designed this modernist bolthole, borrowing Bauhaus principals and elements of Japanese architecture. Director Rian Johnson used the 1950s home as a film location for his 2019 mystery, Knives Out, and its cubic white form has walls of floor-to-ceiling glass that looks onto the surrounding woodland. See inside.

Art collector’s modernist home in Uccle, Belgium

4 bedrooms; €1.65m via Belgium Sotheby’s Realty
Belgian architect Louis-Herman De Koninck designed this modernist home for art collector Philippe Dotremont in 1932. The Brussels property features soaring volumes, exposed concrete walls and curved glazing. It unfurls around a galleried atrium, which has double-height walls for hanging art on. Take an online tour.

Converted dairy barn in Suffolk, UK

4 bedrooms; £1.595m via The Modern House
Richard van Ewyk designed this 4,000 sq ft house, which started life as a 19th-century dairy barn. The Suffolk countryside property has towering double-height living spaces with exposed wooden beams and a large wood burner. A second converted barn is adjacent to the main home, and it contains a cinema, bar, gym and swimming pool. See more.

Contemporary estate in Theoule sur mer, France

17 bedrooms; €90m via Sotheby’s Realty
This contemporary estate in France’s Theoule Sur Mer has an infinity pool and panoramic views of the Estérel mountains located within a landscaped park designed by Jean Mus.

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