Charles Barry Close, Clapham, SW4

Pebbledash over red brick, a pair of bays and leaded light windows give this Edwardian terrace on Charles Barry Close a warm, familiar face, and the inside is furnished in the layered English manner. Picture rails and deep skirtings, six-panel doors and a dark-stained staircase set the stage for striped sofas, an Aubusson-style rug and floral blinds. The palette is deep green and tobacco brown. The house extends to 1,772 sq ft across two floors and a loft, with five bedrooms and three bathrooms and a single, well-proportioned reception room.

Hall 2.10m x 3.76m (6'11" x 12'4")

A cloaks cupboard sits in the hall, which is lit by a lantern, and the dark staircase with square newel posts rises from the end. The oak floor carries a patterned runner.

Sitting room 3.85m x 5.72m (12'8" x 18'9")

The fireplace is an open grate in a painted surround with tiled slips, and the room has high ceilings and a bay window. A striped sofa piled with scatter cushions sits on the large rug, a skirted round table carries a lamp, and floral Roman blinds hang at the glass.

Kitchen 4.29m x 6.20m (14'1" x 20'4")

Dresser-style units in a warm red, with cup handles in brass make the kitchen the heart of the house, and bi-fold doors open it to the garden. It is the biggest room on the ground floor and has space for a long table.

Cloakroom 1.21m x 1.79m (4'0" x 5'10")

A basin and wc off the hall, with the same dark floor.

Principal bedroom 3.94m x 4.61m (12'11" x 15'1")

A built-in desk fills one wall of the principal bedroom, which has the space for a large bed.

Bedroom 2 2.85m x 3.56m (9'4" x 11'8")

Fitted wardrobes make this smaller bedroom useful for a child.

Bedroom 3 3.54m x 3.96m (11'7" x 13'0")

A sash window lights this comfortable double, which is almost square.

Bedroom 4 3.37m x 3.55m (11'1" x 11'8")

In the loft, a built-in desk stands in a nearly square room under the roof.

Bedroom 5 2.58m x 4.18m (8'6" x 13'9")

Fitted wardrobes line the wall of the second loft bedroom, which is long and narrow.

Bathroom 2.15m x 3.19m (7'1" x 10'6")

Herringbone tiles cover the main bathroom, which serves the first-floor landing.

En-suite 1.69m x 2.59m (5'7" x 8'6")

A freestanding bath is a notable feature of the en-suite.

Bathroom 2 2.04m x 2.86m (6'8" x 9'5")

A second bathroom, tiled in herringbone, serves the loft.

The garden faces east, and the morning sun is the best of it, with the kitchen's bi-fold doors opening onto the terrace. There is off-street parking at the front.

Clapham Common, with about 220 acres of open ground, three ponds and a Victorian bandstand, is the great open space nearby, and Clapham North, Clapham Common and Clapham South are on the Northern line. Pepys spent his last two years in Clapham.