This $2.4M Prospect Park South house is a Victorian fantasy of colonnades, turrets, and a veranda
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This $2.4M Prospect Park South house is a Victorian fantasy of colonnades, turrets, and a veranda

September 5, 2018

In Brooklyn’s Prospect Park South Historic District, a block from the park, this Victorian beauty built in 1908 is asking $2,395,000. Per the listing, the home at 85 Westminster Road is a “unique blend of Greek Revival temple style with the asymmetry and turrets of a Queen Anne.” In addition to 3,578 square feet of historic detail-filled living space, it has tons of curb appeal with a grassy green paint job, two-story colonnade, and wrap-around veranda that follows the curve of the turrets.

85 Westminster Road, townhouses, cool listings, Prospect Park South

Hefty oak and glass double doors lead to a dramatic foyer lined with original plaster and woodwork. The well-preserved inlaid parquet floor has been polished to an amber glow.

85 Westminster Road, townhouses, cool listings, Prospect Park South

85 Westminster Road, townhouses, cool listings, Prospect Park South

85 Westminster Road, townhouses, cool listings, Prospect Park South

A sitting room opens to a piano room with a side door leading to the porch. The spacious formal dining room is framed by a coffered ceiling. A massive eat-in kitchen, lit by windows and two skylights, boasts a classic commercial grade Garland stove

85 Westminster Road, townhouses, cool listings, Prospect Park South

There’s outdoor space, too, including a grassy, shaded garden and a mature Norway Maple.

85 Westminster Road, townhouses, cool listings, Prospect Park South

85 Westminster Road, townhouses, cool listings, Prospect Park South

Lit by a stained-glass window, the stairway to the second floor opens onto a landing off which you’ll find three bedrooms, two full bathrooms and a laundry room. An elegant master suite has a wall of custom closets and a luxurious bath with a deep soaking tub.

85 Westminster Road, townhouses, cool listings, Prospect Park South

85 Westminster Road, townhouses, cool listings, Prospect Park South

On the top floor are four more rooms and another bath with a clawfoot bathtub. If you dream of a romantic garret, the space tucked into the top of the home’s turret is a dream come true with its light-filled octagonal design. In addition to all of this vertical space, an unfinished basement provides even more potential.

85 Westminster Road, townhouses, cool listings, Prospect Park South

The property’s current owners and neighbors are working toward getting approval on a shared driveway to be installed between this house and the neighboring one, which, if approved, would provide the new owner with parking for two cars.

[Listing: 85 Westminster Road by Kirsten Syrett and Sarah Chamberlin for Compass.]

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