Ancient House, Church Lane, Walthamstow, E17

Price: £1,550 PCM

“Unique property” and “Village location” are phrases too often used by estate agents, but if ever there was a home more deserving of such a description then this is it. Walthamstow’s Ancient House is reputedly London’s oldest dwelling. The property forms the central section of a Grade II* half timbered building. A few years back the entire building was dissembled timber by timber by specialist architecturel conservationists, each bit of wood, brick and stone lovingly restored or replaced, and then the whole building painstakingly rebuilt.