Corrance Road, Brixton, SW2

Yellow stock brick, Italianate detailing and stained-glass panels in the front door set the tone for this Victorian terrace on Corrance Road in Brixton. The house has been lived in and cared for rather than updated: ceiling roses, a dado rail and textured ceilings are all intact, and the decoration in peach and cream reflects the taste of the previous decades. Offered unfurnished across 1,478 sq ft, the house has a single reception room, five bedrooms and three bathrooms, and tenants who want a home to put their own stamp on will find a good deal of scope in it. The second floor is a loft conversion lit from a rear dormer.

Hall 2.18m x 4.43m (7'2" x 14'6")

A tiled floor in the hall is the first of the house's period touches, and a stripped-pine staircase with turned spindles climbs from the far end. The passage is straight and practical, with space for a row of coat hooks and a bench.

Sitting room 5.11m x 4.45m (16'9" x 14'7")

The bay window gives the sitting room its generous outline, and built-in shelving fills the alcoves on either side of a cast-iron grate set within a painted surround. The previous owner's floral three-piece suite and patterned carpet suggest how the room has been used, and net curtains soften the window.

Kitchen 3.45m x 3.78m (11'4" x 12'5")

Cream units with a speckled worktop, above which runs a patterned tiled splashback sit under a brass ceiling light. The oven and hob are built in, and the room is in need of modernisation for anyone who wants a contemporary look, but it is functional and clean as it stands.

Cloakroom 1.11m x 1.84m (3'8" x 6'0")

A basin and wc off the hall save a trip upstairs, and the room is plain but sensibly placed.

Principal bedroom 3.45m x 4.32m (11'4" x 14'2")

A sash window at the front lets in daylight, and the room is large enough for a double bed, a wardrobe and a chest of drawers with space to spare. The ceiling rose is original.

Bedroom 2 2.67m x 3.71m (8'9" x 12'2")

The second bedroom on this landing has its own sash window and is best suited to a child or a study.

Bedroom 3 3.54m x 4.12m (11'7" x 13'6")

Another sash-windowed room on the first floor, this is the larger of the two secondary bedrooms and takes a double bed comfortably.

Bedroom 4 2.91m x 3.14m (9'7" x 10'4")

On the top floor, the room has a built-in desk and a roofline that drops towards the street, with its window set into the rear dormer.

Bedroom 5 3.35m x 3.75m (11'0" x 12'4")

The second room in the loft conversion has a built-in desk as well and is a useful size for a sofa bed and a work area.

Bathroom 2.04m x 2.80m (6'8" x 9'2")

The main family bathroom, which serves the first-floor bedrooms, is built around a freestanding bath.

En-suite 1.59m x 2.57m (5'3" x 8'5")

Tiled in herringbone, the en-suite keeps the principal bedroom self-contained.

Bathroom 2 2.10m x 2.34m (6'11" x 7'8")

The top-floor bathroom is also tiled in herringbone, a small room that serves the two loft bedrooms.

The garden at the back faces south, which gives the borders and the lawn the best of the day. There is no off-street parking with the house, and residents will rely on the street.

Brixton station is on the Victoria line, and the mainline station runs Southeastern trains towards Victoria. Brockwell Park is the nearest large green space, and the market, which moved to Station Road in the 1920s, is within an easy walk. Windrush Square was named in 1998 to mark 50 years since the arrival of the Empire Windrush.