Light and Dark in a Spacious Victorian Townhouse in London

This four-bedroom Victorian house is located on a charming street close to Regent’s Park in London’s Camden Conservation Area. The house has a floor plan of almost 2,700 square feet divided over five versatile stories.

The extended house is a magnificent example of decorated with light and dark color tones. The sitting room in the Victorian part of the house is painted completely black, while the extended living and kitchen area on the basement floor is light and airy.

You enter the home in a long hallway where you can access this double reception room with sash windows on either side. If you don’t like dark spaces, this is certainly not for you. The entire room is painted black, from the walls to the ceiling and the floorboards.

The sitting area with its green velvet sofa is centered around a beautiful ornate fireplace, and in the back, a second sitting area has been created with velvet armchairs and a reddish-pink rug, adding a bright color pop.

The house has a beautiful classic hallway with period features, a black and white floor, and a wooden staircase with glass doors leading to the home office.

The interior style on the basement floor is completely different. The entire space is painted white and feels more modern than the upstairs room.

The open-plan space is divided into three zones: a sitting area, a dining space, and the kitchen in the back.

In the sitting and dining area a warm oak floor runs underfoot that seamlessly turns into a tile in the kitchen.

The kitchen is centered around a large island with bar stools. The custom-built kitchen has dark cabinets paired with a classic metro tile used as the backsplash.

dark kitchen with island metro backsplash tiles

A trio of roof lights turn this basement floor into a bright space and the wide glazed door at the rear folds away to create a seamless transition onto the garden.

The bifold doors can be fully opened blurring the boundaries between the indoor spaces and the garden.

A wooden deck turns into a tiled area with garden beds that are richly planted, providing shade and privacy through the foliage of palm trees, tree ferns, and banana trees.

bedroom gray walls black wooden floorboards

The entire first floor is home to a grand master bedroom with a sleeping area at the front of the house and a dressing room in the back.

Two floor-to-ceiling sash windows flood the bedroom with natural light.

The moody palette of the reception room returns in the bedroom where the walls are painted gray, the floorboards are painted black, and custom oak wardrobes line the two walls, with the same stained wood used again to form paneling along the chimney breast.

The family bathroom has a freestanding bath and a large walk-in shower.

There are three further bedrooms on the upper levels. The largest is on the second floor, with elevated views across to Park Village East and built-in wardrobes along one wall.