Marmion Road, Battersea, SW11

Marmion Road in Battersea has this terraced cottage, a classic Georgian sash-fronted house in brick above a stucco ground floor, with a front door of panelled timber under a fanlight and shuttered windows. Despite a modest 1,041 sq ft, it manages four bedrooms, three bathrooms and one drawing room, all on two floors with nothing in the roof. Herringbone parquet runs through the ground floor, the cupboards in the alcoves are panelled, and a warm white palette with stone-coloured woodwork gives it a clean, early-19th-century air. It is offered unfurnished, for a tenant with antiques or a taste for them.

Hall 1.89m x 4.01m (6'2" x 13'2")

A tiled floor and a staircase of painted timber, its balusters slender and its handrail polished, begin in the hall, narrow and elegant.

Drawing room 3.99m x 5.04m (13'1" x 16'6")

High ceilings and an open fire in a plain white surround give the drawing room its dignity, and its proportions suit a striped sofa and a long rug. A cut-glass pendant would hang from the centre.

Kitchen 3.20m x 3.07m (10'6" x 10'1")

Dark green in-frame cabinets and a white marble splashback make the kitchen small and handsome, and the breakfast bar offers a perch for a coffee.

Cloakroom 0.95m x 1.51m (3'1" x 4'11")

The cloakroom is a tiny room with a basin and wc.

Principal bedroom 3.26m x 3.52m (10'8" x 11'7")

At the front of the first floor, the principal bedroom has a built-in desk and is the largest room upstairs.

Bedroom 2 2.78m x 2.95m (9'1" x 9'8")

Fitted wardrobes fill Bedroom 2, a small double.

Bedroom 3 3.23m x 2.68m (10'7" x 8'10")

A built-in desk fits into Bedroom 3, which is wider than it is deep.

Bedroom 4 2.43m x 2.98m (8'0" x 9'9")

Bedroom 4 is the smallest, with fitted wardrobes, and suits a child or an office.

Bathroom 2.18m x 2.24m (7'2" x 7'4")

A walk-in shower serves the main bathroom.

En-suite 1.63m x 1.92m (5'4" x 6'4")

The en-suite is tiled in herringbone, and is among the smallest rooms in the house.

Bathroom 2 2.18m x 2.09m (7'2" x 6'10")

Bathroom 2 has a freestanding bath, an unusual item in a cottage of this size.

The garden faces north-east and is at the back of the cottage. There is no parking. It is let unfurnished, so a tenant brings their own furniture to the herringbone floors.

Battersea Park, laid out by Sir James Pennethorne and opened in 1858, covers 200 acres and has the London Peace Pagoda. Queenstown Road and Battersea Park are both railway stations in the area, and the Northern line has reached Battersea's power station since September 2021. St Mary's Church was finished in 1777.