2 Bed Flat, Vergers Apartments, E9

This excellent two-bedroom apartment is positioned on the top floor of Vergers Apartments, a RIBA Award-winning development by Matthew Lloyd Architects, adjoining St Mary of Eton Church in Hackney Wick.

Completed in 2014, Vergers Apartments is one of three blocks which have been integrated across the site of a 19th-century Anglican church and is defined by its diamond-patterned brickwork. The patterning of traditional red, glazed pastel-blue and oyster-white bricks is an homage to the Victorian style of masonry known as ‘diaper-work.’ This facade is augmented by reconstituted stone architraves creating a sense of harmony with the neighbouring ecclesiastical architecture.

Access is gained via private gated entrance and courtyard, alongside the buttressed walls of the church. Of these spaces, the RIBA Journal reported, “Inside, the cuts and complexities of the flanking facade to south start to make sense – both preventing overlooking and admitting natural light.”

The apartment occupies the whole of the top (fifth) floor of the building. Internal accommodation is configured around a large open-plan kitchen, living and dining room with wonderful views of the Olympic Park in the distance. A contemporary kitchen is configured towards the rear of this space. There is floor-to-ceiling glazing and engineered floorboards with underfloor heating throughout the apartment. Close-up views of the historic church establish a relationship between the simple contemporary design of the apartment and the historic masonry of the adjacent church.

A master bedroom with dual-aspect windows is positioned to one side of these areas. A further bedroom, along with a bathroom, at the rear of the plan. 

Vergers Apartments is located in Hackney Wick, between Victoria Park and the River Lee. Since the 2012 Olympics, Hackney Wick has seen a significant influx of cultural investment. There are numerous restaurants and bars including the award-winning Cornerstone, Silo, Crate Brewery and MOTHER vegan cafe to name only a few. The Here East campus is a short walk away and operates as a co-working hub and cultural centre, while award-winning theatre and music venue The Yard is also close by. The amenities of the Olympic Park are also nearby, where the East Bank, a new world-class cultural quarter is now under construction, including new facilities for the V&A Museum, Sadler’s Well’s Theatre, the BBC and the London College of Fashion, as well as a new campus for UCL.

Victoria Park is close by and is surrounded by a number of good pubs. On the north side of the park is Victoria Park Village with its excellent range of restaurants and shops.

The apartment is an eight-minute walk from Hackney Wick station which runs London Overground services to Highbury and Islington in around 10 minutes and Stratford International in approximately six minutes.