The Paragon is a grade I listed building constructed in the late 18th century in the form of a crescent of seven blocks of two houses linked by six single storey Roman Doric colonnades.

Located to the southeast corner of Blackheath, the property is located in Blackheath Conservation Area.

The Paragon was designed by the architect, Michael Searles (1751-1813) who leased a parcel of land in 1794 from John Cator, a timber merchant, politician, landowner and property developer.

In 1914 The Paragon was converted into hotels and boarding houses and during the Second World War, The Paragon was badly damaged by aerial bombardment. Post war restoration between 1947 and 1958 carried out under the supervision of architect Charles Bernard Brown who saw the building converted into flats.

Heritage Unlimited provided the owner of one of the flats with a Heritage Statements to support their listed building consent application for internal works to modernise and partly alter the internal layout, to make better use of the space.