Gainsborough Sudios West, Poole Street, Hackney, London, N1

Set high on the ninth floor of Gainsborough Studios West, this two-bedroom apartment with a secure underground parking space has a particularly strong sense of space and outlook. The main living room runs to almost 30 feet, with glazing wrapping around the corner of the building and opening the room to wide views across Shoreditch Park and the London skyline beyond.

At approximately 1,104 sq ft, the apartment has two proper double bedrooms, two bathrooms, a separate utility area and a private balcony. The plan is simple and generous, with most of the floor space given over to an unusually large open-plan kitchen, dining and living room.

INSIDE

The apartment opens into a wide entrance hall, with useful built-in storage and a separate utility area tucked neatly away.

Beyond is the main room: an impressive open space measuring approximately 28'3 x 26'1, arranged around the building's distinctive corner glazing. Full-height windows run along two sides, bringing in a huge amount of natural light and giving the room an uninterrupted relationship with the view. Shoreditch Park sits directly below, with the skyline stretching away beyond it.

The kitchen occupies one side of the room and is deliberately understated, with pale cabinetry, dark stone worktops and a substantial island incorporating the hob and breakfast seating. There is ample room around it for a full dining table and a large living area without either feeling compromised. Timber flooring runs throughout, warming up an otherwise clean, architectural palette.

A glazed door leads onto the private balcony, approximately 48 sq ft, positioned directly off the living space and looking out across the park and surrounding cityscape.

Both bedrooms are genuine doubles. The larger measures approximately 12'8 x 12'4 and has a broad window with open views, together with its own en-suite bathroom. The second bedroom, approximately 11'11 x 11'10, is similarly well proportioned, with built-in storage. A second bathroom sits off the hallway.

The bathrooms retain the simple material language used throughout the building, combining stone tiling, timber cabinetry and clean white sanitaryware.

Gainsborough Studios was designed by architects Munkenbeck and Marshall on the former site of the film studios associated with Alfred Hitchcock. The building's history remains part of its identity: Anthony Donaldson's large sculpture of Hitchcock's head sits within the development's courtyard.

Residents also benefit from a concierge and access to the development's private wharf on the Regent's Canal.

NEIGHBOURHOOD & CONNECTIONS

The building sits beside Shoreditch Park and the Regent’s Canal, at the meeting point of several of our favourite parts of north and east London.

Upper Street, Cross Street and Camden Passage are all within walking distance, bringing together independent shops, restaurants, bars, cafés and food stores around Angel and Islington. Head in the other direction and De Beauvoir, Old Street and Shoreditch are similarly easy to reach.

Angel and Old Street stations are both close by, providing Northern line connections, with National Rail services also available from Old Street. King’s Cross St Pancras is one stop from Angel, connecting with the Victoria, Piccadilly, Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines, alongside National Rail and St Pancras International.

Haggerston Overground station is also within walking distance, while New North Road has a broad choice of bus routes across London.