PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
Headline: Characterful three-bedroom ex-LA maisonette of 898 sq ft, high up in Kate Macintosh’s iconic Dawson’s Heights, with remarkable skyline views.
Bright, colourful and brimming with mid-century spirit, this well-proportioned three-bedroom maisonette sits across the seventh and eighth floors of Dawson’s Heights, the celebrated Grade II listed estate by Kate Macintosh (MBE). With 898 sq ft of accommodation, a stunning top-floor reception room and views stretching to the Shard and the City, it’s a home with real personality.
The iconic estate of 296 flats was built between 1964 and 1972 and is often likened to a ziggurat. English Heritage described its “striking and original massing” as evoking “ancient cities and Italian hill towns”. The stepped, honey-brown brick terraces overlook lawns and mature trees, and there is a small nature reserve to the north.
Inside, original character has been kept and refreshed. Terrazzo-style stairs with chunky timber handrails link the levels, and the landings are painted in zesty lime green. Grey resin flooring runs throughout, giving a clean, contemporary backdrop for colour and art.
You enter from the deck-access walkway into a lobby with a useful cupboard, then climb to the principal reception room. Light-filled and flexible, it has wide windows framing sweeping views over the rooftops to the London skyline, and there is room for a generous seating area, a dining table and plenty of shelving for books.
Down on the seventh floor, the kitchen has a striking stainless-steel finish, a Belling range cooker, cheerful yellow cabinetry, open reclaimed-timber shelving and a door to the balcony. It’s a proper cook’s space with character to spare.
There are three double bedrooms, each with impressive views, and one opens onto its own balcony. At present one has been dressed as a nursery and another as a study, which shows how versatile the space is.
The bathroom is smartly renovated, with a bath and overhead shower, large-format tiling, a deep green tiled bath panel, bronze-finish fittings, a terracotta vanity unit and a backlit oval mirror. There is also a separate WC.
Outside, there are two balconies on different levels, both with enviable views.
Dawson’s Heights is a short walk from Dulwich Wood, Horniman Gardens, One Tree Hill, Dulwich Park and Peckham Rye Park and Common. East Dulwich’s Lordship Lane is nearby for independent shops, pubs and restaurants, with North Cross Road market on Saturdays. There is a mini-market on Overhill Road for the essentials, and larger supermarkets in Forest Hill and on Dog Kennel Hill.
There is a good selection of primary schools, including Harris Primary on Lordship Lane and Fairlawn and Horniman schools in Forest Hill. The Dulwich private schools are also within easy reach, including Dulwich College Prep, Dulwich College, Alleyn’s and JAGS.
Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park stations (Zone 3, London Overground) are each about a 20-minute walk, or take the P13 bus towards Peckham Rye.