Bartholomew Square

This well-composed two-bedroom apartment occupies the ground floor of a handsome building on Bartholomew Square, a quiet street near Old Street, east London. Cleverly conceived, the interior uses Mike Stoner's handcrafted oak and birch ply sliding doors to open out the rooms or, if desired, screen them. The result is a highly curated, largely open-plan arrangement, where light carries from one room to another, and the sense of space feels exaggerated. The street remains wonderfully centralised, surrounded by green space, including St Luke's Garden, Radnor Park, and the small green on Bartholomew Square itself.