This 200-year-old Georgian terrace, just moments from Hyde Park, was built on farmland belonging to the Bishop of London. In the early days of Cool Britannia, Tony and Cherie Blair purchased a property down the road. Today the five-bedroom house is a rare original in the affluent Hyde Park Estate, a fully renovated Grade II listing with high-spec built-ins and a terrace on the roof.

It’s currently listed with Sotheby’s International Realty at a price of one million per bedroom.

The current owners installed parquet floors and a Plain English kitchen with banquette seating and a pantry, preserving the original sash windows and fireplaces. Two bedrooms share a bathroom on the lower level while the principal suite and marble en suite sits on the first floor, with additional en suite bedrooms above. The first floor is devoted to the wood-panelled reception area and private terrace, flooded with light from both aspects. The rooftop terrace is reached via the third-floor landing.

Back in the 19th century, the neighbourhood benefitted from its quiet position just outside the city limits. Today it has Paddington Station and Marylebone within easy walking distance, not to mention the independent shops and restaurants of Connaught Village, over the road.

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