If you’ve ever fancied living in a place that looks like it popped straight out of Harry Potter’s spellbook, now’s your chance.
Nestled at number 1 Goodwin’s Court, a historic property with serious magical mojo has appeared on the London market – but you’ll need to have a spare £2 million to buy it.
Built just after the Great Fire of London in the early 1700s, this enchanting home is thought to be the very spot that inspired the legendary Ollivanders Wand Shop in the Harry Potter series.
The Unique Property Company, responsible for this listing, described it as ‘a rare survivor of a building type reflecting London’s Georgian working-classes,’ (because nothing says magic like 18th-century UK social history!)
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Positioned in the Covent Garden conservation zone, it’s got all the cultural perks of nearby theatres, galleries, and museums, plus top-notch transport links.
Visitors entering the property are greeted by four weathered stone steps beneath a distinctive black entrance door. It is believed these steps were repurposed from medieval structures.
Alongside the entrance, one of the city’s last existing gas lamps continues to illuminate the narrow alleyway, contributing to the location’s distinctive ambience.
Simon Stone, managing partner at Unique Property Company, said: ‘Number 1 Goodwin’s Court is such a rare find in London these days. It’s a home that’s been conserved rather than had the history erased. It’s so atmospheric.
‘It’s a property that takes you to another time entirely and it’s so quiet, you forget that just five seconds away, you’re in the thick of one of the world’s busiest capital cities.’
Inside, traditional features such as a York stone floor, period fireplace, and a vintage Mrs Beeton ‘beetonette’ range oven coexist with discrete modern amenities neatly concealed behind oak worktops in the kitchen.
Upstairs rooms allow natural light through sash windows that overlook the historic Goodwin’s Court itself.
The old tiled shower – tied to the slightly less glamorous ‘Night Soil Alley’, where human waste used to be transported – grounds the home in the history of London’s past.
Goodwin’s Court, with its quirky crookedness and atmospheric brickwork, is often cited as a muse for Harry Potter’s Diagon Alley.
However, other nearby locations, such as Cecil Court, have also been proposed as possible influences, and JK Rowling has denied that any specific London street served as a direct inspiration.
Whatever the case, this property certainly conjures the feel of a magical past.
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