Property: Three To View - A little Place In Town

IT IS the ideal MP's bolt hole, Number 12 Courtenay Square - on the Duchy of Cornwall Estate in Kennington, London SE11 and within the division bell. The mid-terrace house is within a 10-minute walk of Kennington tube station and Vauxhall mainline station. The house has gothic arch windows on the ground floor and canopied entrance porch, a sitting room 21ft 10ins by 15ft 3ins, two double bedrooms and a 15ft kitchen. It comes with a 28ft garden and the right to residents' parking. pounds 239,950 through Winkworth (0171-587 0600).

IT'S A short stroll to the new British Library from Jessel House, an Edwardian mansion block in Judd Street, King's Cross, central London. The snappily decorated two-bedroom penthouse flat in the block is for sale, with lift, entry phone and resident caretaker. The perfect pied a terre (if you have a house in the country), it has a 16ft by 12ft sitting room with fitted bookshelves and wooden floor, separate study with polished wood block floor and fitted kitchen. From the main bedroom there are views to Canary Wharf. pounds 179,000 through Frank Harris (0171-387 0077).

CHELSEA MANOR Studios, in Flood Street, London SW3, is an original Victorian purpose-built block of artists' studios, near the King's Road. Number 10, on the second floor, has just been refurbished and has a 21ft by 19ft studio/reception room, facing north for the best light, a separate galleried bedroom, bathroom and small kitchen. There's 45 years left to run on the lease which is being sold through Egerton for pounds 275,000. Call 0171-584 7020.