
This wonderful three-bedroom apartment is positioned on the first floor of Hazel Court, a 1930s apartment block located in East Dulwich, moments from Peckham Rye Park. The building is characterised by its red brick façade and paned bay windows, typical of 1930s vernacular architecture. Many of the apartment’s most engaging original details, including stripped-back internal doors, wall mouldings and a built-in kitchen pantry have been carefully preserved. Renovated to an exacting standard, the current owners have used a pigment-rich palette and traditional materials to enhance the apartment’s ’30s origins to create a versatile space, perfect for contemporary living.
Setting the Scene
East Dulwich is arguably the finest example of 19th-century suburbia found within the borough of Southwark. It rapidly transformed from fields and market gardens into housing during the Victorian era between 1865-85; this was in large part due to the development of just two estates. East Dulwich Road, where Hazel Court lies, was developed by one of these: the Bower Smith Estate. Developers were initially attracted by the area’s proximity to London, with the local railways playing an important part in the area’s success in attracting new residents.
Local services were developed concurrently and included the grocery shops of Lordship Lane, St Clement’s Church on Friern Road (replaced after it was war-damaged in 1957) and Dulwich Baths. To this day, there are a remarkable variety of styles within the area; from the simplicity of Nutfield Grove to the flamboyant Victorian Gothic of Barry Road.
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