Overview

On the second floor of an Earl’s Court mansion block, Old Brompton Road IX unfolds across a single, light-filled level. Huge windows and high ceilings give this four-bedroom apartment a sense of scale that few London homes can match, and fewer still on one floor.

The architecture does much of the work. Tall windows draw daylight deep into the plan, and the ceiling heights lend each room an airy, almost gallery-like calm. With everything arranged on one level, the apartment moves from room to room with the flow of a much larger house. All that wall height makes a fine setting for some seriously impressive art, and the furniture has been selected with the same discerning eye.

Four bedrooms give families, friends, or two couples traveling together plenty of space to spread out. At the front of the building, a small balcony set with a table and chairs offers a perch above Old Brompton Road for morning coffee or an aperitivo as the evening settles in.

Old Brompton Road runs west from South Kensington toward Earl’s Court, with the V&A and the Natural History Museum at one end and a steady supply of cafés, restaurants, and neighborhood boutiques along the way. Earl’s Court is the nearest tube station, and the Piccadilly line heads straight into Knightsbridge and the West End, or out to Heathrow when the time comes.

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Location

Europe, South Kensington

Nearest stations

• West Brompton (0.14 miles)
• West Brompton (0.15 miles)
• Earls Court (0.21 miles)
• West Kensington (0.58 miles)