Grand Georgian: the south-east London conservation area with new period-style homes around a central garden

A niche new-build project offers safe Georgian-style architecture in brick and Portland stone within the Blackheath conservation area.
From £530,000: Forbury is a niche new-build project within the Blackheath conservation area
David Spittles25 September 2018

Sometimes referred to as the “poor man’s Hampstead”, Blackheath is cheaper than the leafy slopes of north London.

It occupies a high plateau alongside splendid Greenwich Park and has a village centre, concert halls and private roads with detached houses in big plots, making it a fine place to live if you are a bonus-wielding banker employed at Canary Wharf.

This south-east London location offers homes of all shapes and sizes, ages and prices: Regency townhouses, cottages in cobbled mews, Victorian and Edwardian terraces, interwar semis and contemporary-design apartments.

Forbury is the latest arrival, a niche new-build project on the site of a former car showroom, within the Blackheath conservation area.

Berkeley Homes, the developer, has opted for safe Georgian-style architecture in brick and Portland stone for the 10 houses and a block of 14 apartments, all built around a central garden.

Prices from £530,000. Call 01732 809552.

Forbury: 10 houses and a block of 14 apartments, all built around a central garden 
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